I opened the door at Moe's in Cameron Village so 3 RPD eating lunch could have a clear view of two Harley riders parked in front blasting their motors from drag pipes and no mufflers. The cops shook their heads. "We need a sound meter," they said. That's BS. The bikes clearly had no mufflers.

Status of mufflers are not regulated, noise/sound levels are. As previously stated, posting loud noise issues to SeeClickFix is not effective. We will alert RPD but continually posting loud motorcycle issues to this website does not provide opportunity for police to respond.

The officers are correct in that a noise level measurment(s) is necessary for a charge to be upheld in a court of law. Again, posting a complaint to SCF does not provide opportunity for police enforcement. Closing issue in SCF.

You are as wrong as you can be...

§ 20-128. Exhaust system and emissions control devices.

(a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle on a highway unless such motor vehicle is equipped with a muffler, or other exhaust system of the type installed at the time of manufacture, in good working order and in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual noise, annoying smoke and smoke screens.

http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/ByChapter/Chapter_20.html

OK thanks Meesh. Reporting loud motorcycles via SeeClickFix does not exactly provide a means to enforce the statute since SCF does not operate in real time. Best bet to actually address the problem of loud motorcycles is to call 911 or alternatively the police non-emergency number at 831-6311.

W'll leave this in acknowleged status if the purpose is purely discussion, and we'll also remind RPD. The facts remain that an officer still has to observe and take sound measurmenents in order to issue a citation for a violation of the city's Noise Ordinance. Not sure how else we can help you, Meesh, from SeeClickFix. Thanks.

I understand this is mainly for discussion and that RPD must be reminded of the facts. Those facts are that a citation may be issued in one of two ways: (1)officer observes and takes sound measurments and/or (2)officer observes the total lack of any muffler on the motorcycle, as required by §20-128(a) and as shown in the photo above of a Harley with "straight pipes" ("drag pipes" are often even shorter than these). In either case, clearly, no muffler is present as required by §20-128(a).

Dear Raleigh SeeClickFix User:

In an effort to improve the user experience of SeeClickFix and to ensure that public resources are used more efficiently, we are closing out the “Post to Neighbors” category in the Raleigh version of SeeClickFix effective xx/xx/2016. The “Post to Neighbors” category was developed by SeeClickFix as a means of promoting discussion, and was never intended by SeeClickFix to be used to report specific issues that need to be addressed by a municipality.

Raleigh has experienced challenges with misrouting of issues submitted to SeeClickFix by our users. At this time we are closing all issues previously submitted to the “Post to Neighbors” category and deactivating that category on the website; if your issue remains, please open a new issue utilizing the appropriate category.

Thanks for your patience and understanding as we transition to a more effective and efficient SeeClickFix experience for our users. Thanks for participating.

The issue remains, with no assurances that the RPD has been instructed on the existence of NCGS §20-128(a) so that they will ticket motorcycles clearly lacking a muffler.

Please call 911 when this is observed so that officers can respond.

The issue remains, with no assurance that the RPD has been instructed on the existence of NCGS §20-128(a) so that they will ticket motorcycles clearly lacking a muffler.

We would encourage you to call RPD's Downtown District to speak with management about these concerns: (919) 996-3855. Please call 911 when this is observed so that officers can respond.

Calling 911 is useless for this, b/c the offenders scoot. Problem's with the RPD, not being instructed to enforce NCGS §20-128(a) so that they will ticket motorcycles clearly lacking a muffler.

This issue was recategorized from Uncategorized to Other.

Closing per above comments.

The issue remains, with no assurance that the RPD has been instructed on the existence of NCGS §20-128(a) so that they will ticket motorcycles clearly lacking a muffler.

stop reopening this not going to achieve anything except annoy everyone else

This notice is ***nothing*** compared to earsplitting big V-twins in downtown traffic, and, RPD ignoring it.

Closing per above comments.

The issue remains open, with no assurance that the RPD has been instructed on the existence of NCGS §20-128(a) so that they will ticket motorcycles clearly lacking a muffler.