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One traffic problem which really irkes me are turn signal violations.
How much effort does it really take to use your turn signal? Like noise
violations, you do not find very many, if any, convictions in the paper.
Why is that?
On Saturday, June 23, 2001, at 08:27 AM, johnstafford wrote:
> [Winona Online Democracy]
>
> From: John N. Finn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>
>> Winona has posted signs at the city entrances claiming to enforce
>> vehicle
> noise laws. I've been told by the police that they make >many arrests
> for
> these violations. However, I've never seen any such convictions printed
> in
> the Daily News or Post. Perhaps >offenders have lawyers that are able to
> beat these charges. [...]
>> Anyway, to whatever extent Winona attempts to enforce vehicle noise
>> laws, I
> maintain that the effort is woefully ineffective.
>> [...]
>
> While I think we have far more compelling issues to deal with than this
> one,
> and I am remiss in not addressing them in earlier posts, I'll break the
> ice
> now because this issue appears to be a no-brainer, but I am ready to be
> surprised.
>
> If the Law Enforcement people would ticket only the most obvious
> (loudest)
> offenders who clearly disregard the peace of the environment, I'd be
> happy
> to live with the occasional somewhat louder motorcycle running, for
> example,
> in the countryside and even at the bridge - provided they are leaving
> Minnesota. :) .And let us not ignore the cars with such huge sound
> systems
> that you can hear and _feel_ them two hundred feet away.
>
> Regarding the motorcycles, most of the worst cases are Harleys running
> 'straight pipes' - no mufflers whatsoever. Riders of such machines have
> irrational and unsupportable claims to the virtues of straight pipes or
> inordinately loud mufflers. I've listened to the arguments during the
> thirty-five years I spent riding and building motorcycles, many of them
> Harleys. There is no rationale for running straight pipes on the street.
> Period. The arguments supporting loud bikes are utterly stupid. Ticket
> the
> obvious cases. But don't use the issue of noise control in a manner that
> might be harassing.
>
>
>
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didn't get done?"
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