If you're going to the dream cruise, watch out for Royal Oak PD.

"Milky" (jordanmielke)
08/17/2017 at 10:20 • Filed to: Dream Cruise, Royal Oak, Police, Exhaust ticket

They’re writing anyone and everyone loud exhaust tickets. People are getting upset about it and even got a lawyer.

Yea loud cars are loud, but the city’s new ordinance of “any car noise at all from 50 feet away is a violation” is ridiculous.

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DISCUSSION (39)

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Milky
08/17/2017 at 10:26

‘Tis why I tell most people to stay out of RO as long as possible, unless you’re going to Ferndale. Birminham to Pontiac is the best part anyways.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Milky
08/17/2017 at 10:27

That reporter is trying a bit too hard.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Milky
08/17/2017 at 10:28

Any car noise from 50 feet? From a metrology standpoint, BWAHAHAHHAHAHAAAA. You can’t even open a freaking car door without violating that law.

Discerning > Milky
08/17/2017 at 10:30

Don’t have an obscenely loud exhaust then?

Cut-outs or a silencer are wonderful things. I’ll never understand why someone would want to drive around in something that is ALWAYS louder than a completely stock car. I’ve done it and it’s terrible.

Urambo Tauro > Milky
08/17/2017 at 10:31

It’s been a year, right? I can’t believe this stupid ordinance has lasted that long.

EL_ULY > Milky
08/17/2017 at 10:32

ticket just for starting your car lol

Milky > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
08/17/2017 at 10:33

I mean I just try to stay out of Royal Oak the whole year.

Milky > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
08/17/2017 at 10:34

I love local news, its hilarious and informative.

Milky > Urambo Tauro
08/17/2017 at 10:34

Seriously should have been thrown out in a court in a while ago. Glad someone finally lawyered up.

fintail > Milky
08/17/2017 at 10:35

50 feet? lol, reality and praetorian sector logic fail to intersect again.

Milky > Discerning
08/17/2017 at 10:36

I’m on my second car without mufflers and I love it. But either way I’m sure you can hear a stock base civic from 50 feet away. The ordinance is a money grab.

vondon302 > Milky
08/17/2017 at 10:40

That’s why I don’t leave the wide track loop.

Urambo Tauro > Milky
08/17/2017 at 10:41

I wonder where Steve’s at this morning? I missed Lehto’s Law.

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > Urambo Tauro
08/17/2017 at 10:44

I think he is now at R&T.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Discerning
08/17/2017 at 10:45

My Mini with a factory exhaust can be heard from 50 ft away. It’s insane and makes most stock vehicles illegal.

Wacko > Milky
08/17/2017 at 10:46

so when do they start giving tickets to Harleys?

Kinja'd!!!

Discerning > Milky
08/17/2017 at 10:46

I see it more as a means to easily fine a car that the officer believes to be too loud without having to rely on anything objective, like a sound measuring device.

Ideally, they will only use it to fine those with obscenely loud exhaust who feel the need to run out every gear from a stop and be as loud as possible to show off, but I could see how some LEOs might abuse the ordinance.

Urambo Tauro > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
08/17/2017 at 10:47

Yeah, he’s been there a while now, which is why we don’t see him on Jalopnik, I guess. That hasn’t stopped him from posting on Youtube and Oppo though.

Discerning > TheTurbochargedSquirrel
08/17/2017 at 10:49

That sounds like it would be awful from inside the cabin.

I’m not saying the ordinance isn’t silly, because it is. But I also don’t entirely understand why people feel the need to have a crazy loud exhaust.

My C5Z is definitely audible from over 50 feet away without revving it or shifting late. I find it kinda loud on the highway. Wish it was actually quieter at cruising speed.

EL_ULY > Milky
08/17/2017 at 10:49

Kinja'd!!!

link to video

MonkeePuzzle > Milky
08/17/2017 at 10:50

post exhaust noises!

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Discerning
08/17/2017 at 10:51

It’s not that bad. With the windows up it drones a bit but it makes wonderful noises you can hear with the windows down.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > EL_ULY
08/17/2017 at 10:52

Oh man, that’s fantastic.

Milky > Wacko
08/17/2017 at 10:53

Seriously. they have bike night every Thursday, haven’t heard one thing about them ticketing all of the bikes.

Discerning > TheTurbochargedSquirrel
08/17/2017 at 10:54

I had cutouts on my last build and they were fantastic. Car was just barely louder than stock most of the time (LT’s with the stock catback), but with the flip of one switch, it screamed. Saw a tiny bump in the top end too.

Milky > EL_ULY
08/17/2017 at 10:55

Haha, this is damn good kinja.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Milky
08/17/2017 at 10:57

You can hear most cars idle from 50 feet.

Milky > Discerning
08/17/2017 at 10:57

Thats the problem, they just use the “ordinance” when they want. Bike night every week, no problem. In a loud car last month no problem. Dream cruise week, ticket.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Milky
08/17/2017 at 10:58

I can’t do that. Muh favorite coffee shop in on main street lol