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Title: in the local news today...
Post by: LOUiE on June 15, 2009, 06:40:41 PM
Quotehttp://www.calgaryherald.com/Cars/Loud+motorcycles+throttle+Calgary+residents/1696331/story.html

i must be new to the issue.. never heard the 'noise saves lives' excuse before.
Title: Re: in the local news today...
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on June 15, 2009, 06:49:25 PM
Very true. BUT lemme ask this how many times have you heard the " i didnt see you" line in the past? ive heard it twice so far ( close calls and such and 1 wreck ) obnoxiously loud i dont care for but still
Title: Re: in the local news today...
Post by: jserio on June 15, 2009, 07:01:31 PM
i've heard people who got hit by trains say they didn't hear them coming...so...    :dunno_white:   :cookoo:
Title: Re: in the local news today...
Post by: cafeboy on June 15, 2009, 07:03:26 PM
I live near the tracks and you always hear them and if they are going fast enof you can feel them.  :technical:
Title: Re: in the local news today...
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on June 15, 2009, 07:13:17 PM
ive NEVER not heard the train :)
Title: Re: in the local news today...
Post by: LOUiE on June 15, 2009, 08:45:30 PM
haha

still tho, i couldn't believe there's no decibel limit here.  seems like something you'd wanna nail down.... for cars too.  Lots of rice rockets out here with loudass performance mufflers and stock engines too.
Title: Re: in the local news today...
Post by: jserio on June 15, 2009, 09:15:20 PM
noisy pipes only bothers me at 2am...or other such times...   :dunno_white:
Title: Re: in the local news today...
Post by: spc on June 15, 2009, 09:32:01 PM
potatoes