getfunky

I just saw this article where Quebec police issue ticket for aftermarket exhaust. I've also read on the Ontario Highway Traffic Act forum about how cops can give tickets for loud noice they feel is distracting to others. So my questions to those with after-market exhausts, did you ever get in trouble with the police and if so, what exhaust did you have?

3Xvette

All after market exhaust are illegal and it is the discretion of the officer if he wants to give you a ticket. So if he is having a bad day look out.

They will give you a ticket for improper exhaust. I wonder how I know lol.
I have B&B Bullets.

Mad*Max

what about all those really loud Harleys?

3Xvette

It is best not to even bring that up at the time you get pulled over, because if you do that's when they want to tow your vehicle away. Make sure you save all those questions at Court if you want to fight it.

Mad*Max

OBSESHON Mark

Never in the Vette with my Corsa's. But a few times on my Harleys.
No tickets just lots of questions and warnings.
Once in Lake George NY, Twice in Myrtle Beach and once in Terra-Cotta.

Mad*Max

kidneyboy

Last summer my car was cited for improper exhaust as I had no cats. $400. There was earthly reason to pull the car over as it isn't loud at all. Oh yeah it was OPP that pulled the car over.

Dodosmike

Crap........

CanadaGrant

I didn't know that OPP officers were trained to do vehicle mechanical inspections and what right do they have to just stop you randomly on the street to do one unless something is blatantly wrong with your vehicle?

The Cripp

I'd like to know why the kops don't stop/cite more of these guys.

There's a guy who lives in my building that must have open pipes on his Harley.

The windows rattle everytime he rides by at just off-idle throttle.

...just a bit "annoying".

Polar Jet

A few years ago in my Camaro I got ticketed for "excessive noise". It had TPIS long tube headers with an SLP Loudmouth cat-back. I took it to court and argued that I was driving the car at 2pm on a Saturday in an industrial area with nobody around. Who am I disturbing? I said I never drive the car in residential neighnourhoods late at night or early in the mornings which was true. It worked. They let me go.

74Ken

That's why i bought a 74...the last year with no cats.
Down the road I want side pipes.

Cdn UFO

DON'T PANIC as long as there has been cars there has and will be loud exhaust. If you get pulled over just be polite to the guy and explain you do car shows, and that's why the loud pipes, if he's going to give you a ticket go to court and explain the car show defense, you may get off. If you where driving like a mad man take the ticket you deserve it.

PaulUptime

We have to remember that louder does not necessarily mean faster.
Exhaust technologies have evolved to deliver choices that provide better performance without noise or emissions compromises.

Nobody with an exhaust that screams look at me should be surprised when it's the cops doing the looking.
If that's what you want, be prepared for the inevitable inconvenience and expenses. Nothing new to this, but I do wish Harley enforcement was stepped up. To me, that's just pure noise and when it happens - the comments I hear are usually like "now THAT's obnoxious!"

As with other owners of older cars, I'm fortunate to be able to skate around the late-model rules, but I still have additional resonators and decent mufflers in my 3" duals w/headers setup.

Personally, I LOVE the sound of a tuned exhaust (Corrado's, for example.) Sure it can be loud when your foot's to the floor but it doesn't need to rattle windows and **** off people for blocks around when you're just cruising. Be a good citizen!

rpanesar

I always reduce the revs around the cops....it's bad enough the colour screams look at me

88BlackZ-51

The exhaust generally wont get you stopped but your driving habits will!!

getfunky

didn't know they were all illegal. I have corsa sport cat back and luckily haven't had an issue over last two years (knock on wood). Below is the exhaust law for canada

75. (1) Every motor vehicle or motor assisted bicycle shall be equipped with a muffler in good working order and in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual noise and excessive smoke, and no person shall use a muffler cut-out, straight exhaust, gutted muffler, hollywood muffler, by-pass or similar device upon a motor vehicle or motor assisted bicycle.

88BlackZ-51

They are not illegal and u will never get a noise ticket if u arent being an idiot.....

Heard many stories on here about guys getting tickets but the whole show off story is never told!!!

kidneyboy

Evidently if you decline to allow them to look they can call the Ministry of the Environment to test car right away and then who knows what the outcome may be? The guy who stopped my car, I wasn't even in it at the time valerie was driving, he made a u-turn to pull her over while at a stop at a red light..said he smelled the exhaust. ( I call B.S.) Because the car is "modified" apparently they can do this. Like I said a $400 fine and an order to repair. So I bought a Magnaflow stainless system with high flow cats at the headers straight out; installed at Champion.