Brits To Tackle Loud Exhaust Pipes With Noise Cameras

[GoldOxide_imp]

I'm a fairly radical libertarian. But I'm not an anarchist. Regarding personal liberty, someone once said, "Your right to swing your fist ends at the tip of my nose." Governments exist to stop, punish, and prevent contact between fists and noses.

Noise pollution is a serious social problem that detracts from the enjoyment of life and increases stress and health problems by depriving people of the ability to chill and relax. Although not pleasant, I am tolerant of necessary noise like jackhammering to repair a sidewalk and lawn mowers. I'm not tolerant of unnecessary noise like open turbo'd exhaust on speeding dump trucks, f@rt-can tuner cars, "rolling coal" diesel pickups, "boom-boom" cars, and illegally modified car and motorcycle exhaust.

There's a reason it's illegal: it's @&!#%@ obnoxious! Riding around on an extremely loud motorcycle is the social equivalent of f@rting in people's faces. What makes anyone think that is cool and should be tolerated? We all have to live together and having personal liberty in a civil society means being cognizant and respectful of others' right to peace and quiet. Logically, the rider of a loud motorcycle can't claim a right to make noise while denying that others have a right to enjoy a quiet environment. Since the rider of the loud bike is at cause and the passive citizen being disturbed is at effect, the loud rider is an aural aggressor and is objectively in the wrong. The passive citizen on the other hand has done nothing to disturb their neighbors' enjoyment of their lives.

Those who deny rights to others can claim none for themselves. And, there's no such thing as the "right to disturb".

Bring on the noise police.

(+1) Commonsense courtesy.

There is a reason why many communities have road signs on streets indicating things like, "Please avoid use of engine brakes" for trucks. All vehicle owners, especially those vehicles modified outside factory regulatory conformance, should be held accountable for their choices and behaviour.

God I sound like a crotchety old fart ... but this is so simple.