Thread: Police to get tough with cars with loud engine noise

January 03, 2018 | By Thai PBS

Police in Bangkok will get tough with cars and motorcycles which emit loud noise exceeding 90 decibel starting in March, according to Traffic Police Division of Metropolitan Police Bureau.



Pol Lt-Col Swit Charoenphol, an inspector attached to the 5th subdivision of Traffic Police Division, said that police were now well-prepared to strictly enforce the law regarding emissions and car engine noise after the Pollution Control Department had provided training to traffic policemen on the handling of equipment to test the emissions and engine noise of cars and motorcycles for the past three months.

However, he said that the check of engine noise would be undertaken in Bangkok’s suburbs where there are more open space and with less high-rises which would ensure more accurate reading of engine noise.

He noted that there would not be much problem from car or motorcycle engines which were not modified with the exception of soaped-up engines which will emit loud noise.

Cars which emit noise beyond the 90-decible limit will be issued with a white sticker and banned from the road for 30 days and the drivers fined 1,000 baht each.

But before the strict enforcement of the measure in March, motorists can bring their cars to the Pollution Control Department, Khukhanan Loy Fa Police Station or the City Administration’s workshop for engine testing.

Police to get tough with cars with loud engine noise - Thai PBS English News

So all's good with motorcycles with modified exhaust pipes then?

Originally Posted by misskit

soaped-up engines

So, Soi Cowboy then?

.....'that' noise, occasionally made by soaped-up pistons revving in loose bores.

90-decible is very loud.

The limit should be way lower than that.

Sure it will be another raging success story! hope they start testing outside of Bangkok also!
The ridiculous point with this is that the police are among the most vulnerable to ear damage standing directing traffic etc, maybe that is why they are usually hiding.

Originally Posted by Airportwo

maybe that is why they are usually hiding.

More likely because they're incompetent? Better to hide than let people see how stupid they are.

So to recap, as long as your exhaust isn't overly loud it's business as usual for driving like a complete fucking idiot while pissed and/or drugged up and adding to Thailand's World #1 tally for vehicular deaths.

Originally Posted by Headworx

So to recap, as long as your exhaust isn't overly loud it's business as usual for driving like a complete fucking idiot while pissed and/or drugged up and adding to Thailand's World #1 tally for vehicular deaths.

And it's perfectly legal to overload your pick up with people during the season of goodwill and happiness.

Trouble is, many of the noisy exhausts are modified by attention seeking Thai men whose undersized penises force them to choose alternative ways to show off

^^Yes that law didn't last long did it. In fact I don't think it even started when it was suppose to at the start - then moved to the end - of Songkran last year. There's loads of recent dash dash footage doing the rounds with passengers in the back of pick-ups being slaughtered, including a 2 year old girl. They just don't care....

90db is as loud as a nightclub, loud enough that conversation is impossible. I've worked in many places where they have limiters set at 99. It's deafening.

Trouble is, many of the noisy exhausts are modified by attention seeking Thai men whose undersized penises force them to choose alternative ways to show off

90 db is 4 times louder than 70 db, noisy but anything they do is an improvement on listening to the cement mixers on steroids "racing" on the roads!
In the 'workplace" it is ~generally compulsory to wear ear protection above 85 db.

Getting rid of the 2-stroke mosais should reduce the overalls a bit.