Vehicular NOISE abuse in Florida, some relevant questions…
- Can someone explain to me why Lee County enforcement officials refuse to protect and serve the most innocent, children – the handicapped – the elderly – our family members, from the audible abuse of illegally LOUD bikers, auto and truck operators, operating unencumbered on the public roadways of Lee County, Florida; this, when Florida’s State Motor Vehicle Law clearly prohibits the operation of these illegally LOUD motor vehicles by mandating a quiet muffler that meets the sound suppression capabilities of the OEM – factory-installed muffler that was affixed to the vehicle when manufactured? Why is the Cape Coral Police, Fort Myers Police, Lee County Sheriff’s Department, the State Highway Patrol, so very impotent and neglectful relevant to vehicular NOISE abuse? Does this misfeasance, malfeasance, stem from ignorance, apathy?
- Why have Florida’s State Legislators made violations of the Muffler Laws a “non-criminal civil offense” (fine only) as opposed to a “criminal physical assault” with escalating fines and incarceration for subsequent abusive offenses? Are Florida’s State Legislators and Governor DeSantis unconcerned about the health and welfare, the daily quality of life, of the Floridian, our families, our children, our elderly, the handicapped, who are abused by vehicular NOISE thuggery day and night, 24/7/365?
- Yes, the Legislator’s have recently enacted a noise law to address LOUD music “noise” emanating from motor vehicles, why NOT enforce the muffler laws as well and impound these offensive vehicles and incarcerate the abusers? How much longer must Florida’s residents suffer from the vehicular NOISE bullies? Where is the governmental intercession or are we expected to take matters into our own hands?
Florida Statutes Title XXIII. Motor Vehicles § 316.293. Motor vehicle noise
Current as of January 01, 2023
(5) Noise abatement equipment modifications.–
(a) No person shall modify the exhaust system of a motor vehicle or any other noise-abatement device of a motor vehicle operated or to be operated upon the highways of this state in such a manner that the noise emitted by the motor vehicle is above that emitted by the vehicle as originally manufactured.
(b) No person shall operate a motor vehicle upon the highways of the state with an exhaust system or noise-abatement device so modified.
Letter to Governor Ron DeSantis – motor vehicle noise abuse: https://rickeyholtsclaw.com/2023/02/05/letter-gov-ron-desantis-loud-motor-vehicle-abuse-and-police-impotency/