SB180:

Exhaust systems; excessive noise.

Bill Summary:

Exhaust systems; excessive noise. Prohibits
any individual from operating a motor vehicle with a gross weight
of 6,500 pounds or less with an exhaust system that emits noise in
excess of 85 decibels. 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.