HB367:

Exhaust systems; excessive noise.

Bill Summary:

Exhaust systems; excessive noise. Prohibits
any individual from operating a motor vehicle with a gross weight
of 10,000 pounds or less with an exhaust system that emits noise equivalent
to noise in excess of 85 decibels measured from a distance of 50 feet.
The bill also allows the governing body of any county, city, or town
located within the Northern Virginia Planning District to provide
by ordinance that no person shall operate any motor vehicle on a
highway or on public or private property within 500 feet of any residential
district unless such motor vehicle is equipped with an exhaust system
of a type installed as standard equipment, or comparable to that
designed for use on that particular vehicle or device as standard
factory equipment, in good working order and in constant operation
to prevent excessive noise. The bill also requires the Superintendent
of State Police to promulgate regulations for the inspection of motor
vehicles to ensure that no motor vehicle is equipped with a gutted
muffler, muffler cutout, or straight exhaust or any mechanical or
electronic device that creates or amplifies noise emitted by the
motor vehicle that is louder than the noise emitted by such motor
vehicle as originally manufactured.