Exhaust Ticket Response from Fargo PD
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i cant believe he thought i was drinking.....this exhaust law is so dumb i asked them one legitimate question and they gave me the most unclear answer ive ever heard....i think if they plan on enforcing this law they need to make the law more clear instead of pulling people over for "loud exhaust" just because they THINK it's loud....and he said he could hear it from university but im pretty sure he was pretty close to us up until the airport
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Here is the law, word for word:
8-0908. Mufflers required--Cutouts prohibited.--No person shall drive a motor vehicle on any street or highway unless such motor vehicle is equipped with a muffler, together with any necessary extensions, pipes or resonators, in good working order and in constant operation to prevent excessive and unusual noise and annoying smoke. Such exhaust system shall operate to blend the exhaust noise into the over-all vehicle noise. No person shall use a Amuffler cutout@, Abypass@ or similar device on any motor vehicle upon the streets or highways in the city. The exhaust system shall not emit or produce a sharp, popping or cracking sound, nor shall it emit or produce loud or explosive noises.
Source: 1965 Rev. Ord. 8-0908, 1553 (1973).
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toxshox wrote:
Damn dude, you got a set of local law books at your place?Actually, yes. Jolien (cHiQuItA) went to school to be a legal assistant and does have some law books laying around the place. But like she said, I found the info on www.fargopd.com
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tjamz wrote:
Actually, yes. Jolien (cHiQuItA) went to school to be a legal assistant and does have some law books laying around the place. But like she said, I found the info on www.fargopd.comI'm trying to find the one that states what db at a distance I know I found it one night when I was board... I'll keep looking when bord and post a link or like chuck did the article...
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dB level is a CARB regulation, not adopted by all other states. Some States/Counties/Cities have their own regulations regarding vehicle noise, but I cannot find one for fargo/cass county.
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11-0202. Unnecessary noise prohibited.--It shall be unlawful for any person to make any loud, unnecessary or unusual noise or any noise which either annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others within the limits of the city of Fargo.
Source: 2017 (1981).
11-0203. Unlawful noise--Determination.--The standards which shall be considered in determining whether a violation of  11-0202 exists shall include, but shall not be limited, to the following:
A. The volume of the noise. B. The intensity of the noise. C. Whether the nature of the noise is usual or unusual. D. Whether the origin of the noise is natural or unnatural. E. The volume and intensity of the background noise, if any. F. Within the central business district (area bounded by First Avenue South, Seventh Avenue North, Fourth Street and Eighth Street), the following noises between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. are specifically prohibited: 1. Radios, tape players or other sound amplifiers, whether portable or installed in vehicles, at a level which can be heard by a person more than 10 feet away from said vehicle or amplifier. 2. Any horn, bell or other noise-making device except emergency warning devices. 3. Shouting or yelling where the voice is clearly audible at a distance of more than 10 feet.Source: 2017 (1981), 2372 (1987).
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or for those that want the whole traffic code for fargo
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And the ND Century Codes Rules:
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/cencode/t39c21.pdf
39-21-37. Muffler - Prevention of noise and smoke.
- Every motor vehicle must at all times be equipped with a muffler in good working
order and in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual noise and annoying
smoke, and no person may use a muffler cutout, bypass, or similar device upon a
motor vehicle on a highway. - The engine and power mechanism of every motor vehicle must be so equipped and
adjusted as to prevent the escape of excessive fumes or smoke.
- Every motor vehicle must at all times be equipped with a muffler in good working
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And of course, what would this thread be without a link to the whole damn ND Century Code?
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hahah you've been busy chuck, i remebered coming across this one before some of you might want to read letter "C" i've seen this one broke many MANY times
8-0502. Speed limitations.--Subject to the provisions of § 8-0501 and except in instances
where a lower speed is specified in this chapter or by the laws of this state, it shall be prima facie lawful
for the driver of a vehicle to drive the same at a speed not exceeding:
A. Twenty-five miles per hour on all streets and avenues of this city except that on
through streets and avenues, on the basis of engineering and traffic investigations
and where signs are in place giving notice thereof, it shall be prima facie lawful
to drive at the speed therein posted;
B. Twenty miles an hour when passing a school during school recess or while
children are going to or leaving school during opening or closing hours;
C. Twenty miles an hour in traversing or going around curves or traversing a grade
upon a highway or street when the driver’s view is obstructed within a distance
of 100 feet along such street in the direction in which he is proceeding;
D. Fifteen miles per hour in all park areas including River Drive when properly
posted with 15 miles per hour signs;
E. Twenty miles per hour when passing any public playground, swimming pool, or
other similar recreational area during the hours when said facility is in use;
F. Speeds within trailer courts, mobile home parks, or campgrounds, shall be as
posted by the operators of such establishments.
G. Fifteen miles per hour in all alleys of this city except as may be otherwise
posted.
In any case when the speed provided for in the foregoing subdivisions shall be unsafe, it shall be
unlawful to operate a motor vehicle at such speed. It shall be unlawful for any person to exceed the
foregoing speed limitations except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
Source: 1952 Rev. Ord. 1119 (1962), 1965 Rev. Ord. 8-0502, 1639 (1975), 1917 (1979),
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they talk about frost at the begining of every winter but i wish they'd enforce letter A here cause i'm almost been hit in the side cause of lazy asses that can't clear their windows i've saved myself form side impacts with my horn 2 times that i can remeber off the top of my head
8-0906. Windshields and windows must be unobstructed--Tinted windows.--
A. No individual shall drive upon a street or highway any vehicle with any frost,
condensation, sign, poster, lumber, cardboard, metal, or other nontransparent
material upon, or in place of, the front windshield, side wings, or side or rear
windows of such motor vehicle, other than a certificate or other paper required
to be so displayed by law.
B. An individual may not operate a motor vehicle with any object or any material
or tinting displayed, affixed, or applied on the front windshield or on any
window unless the object, material, or tinting in conjunction with the windshield
upon which it is displayed, affixed or applied has a light transmittance of at least
seventy percent (70%) or the object, material, or tinting in conjunction with a
window other than the windshield upon which it is displayed, affixed, or applied
has a light transmittance of at least fifty percent (50%). This subsection does
not apply to windows behind the operator if the motor vehicle is equipped with
outside mirrors on both sides that meet the requirements of section 39-21-38,
N.D.C.C.
Source: 1952 Rev. Ord. 1119 (1962), 2431 (1989), 4038 (2000), 4351 (2003). -
LMAO never new this was illeagle wonder how'd they prove it
8-1317. Coasting prohibited.--The driver of any motor vehicle when traveling upon a
downgrade shall not coast with gears of such vehicle in neutral or with the clutch disengaged.
Source: 1952 Rev. Ord. 1119 (1962), 2515 (1990). -
this may be the most informational thread EVER on fargostreet
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Ok yep it's a boring monday night for me
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this whole exhaust thing is gay. anybody wanna put a fartcan on a saturn to see if this law applies to more than just sport compacts?
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