It's a topic that can not be proven true or false either way. There is simply no way to know who "would have been heard" with loud exhaust..and was not, and got hit..and no way of knowing how many times a bike was heard and made someone look a second time and saw the bike. Someone said exhaust is ditectional..that is crap and that person has no idea what they are talking about. I know for certain that my bikes can be heard a minimum of 25' behind a car on the highway..probably further back on side roads. This most certainly should create a situation where a driver would look to see where the noise is coming from. Same concept as a siren on a cruiser or ambulance.
Local crackdown on "rolling coal"
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It's a topic that can not be proven true or false either way. There is simply no way to know who "would have been heard" with loud exhaust..and was not, and got hit..and no way of knowing how many times a bike was heard and made someone look a second time and saw the bike. Someone said exhaust is ditectional..that is crap and that person has no idea what they are talking about. I know for certain that my bikes can be heard a minimum of 25' behind a car on the highway..probably further back on side roads. This most certainly should create a situation where a driver would look to see where the noise is coming from. Same concept as a siren on a cruiser or ambulance.
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Re: Local crackdown on "rolling coal"
He had one of those ridiculously big semi stacks coming up right behind the cab. If he would have left the exhaust looking stock, the DOT officer probably would have just given it a cursory glance.
But with the truck being brand new and a modified exhaust, loud as the Dickens and pouring black smoke from the tune...... well, you get the idea.
By being stupid. He was pulling an oil field pipe trailer. Got pulled into a DOT inspection station. That's not what got him caught though.
He had one of those ridiculously big semi stacks coming up right behind the cab. If he would have left the exhaust looking stock, the DOT officer probably would have just given it a cursory glance.
But with the truck being brand new and a modified exhaust, loud as the Dickens and pouring black smoke from the tune...... well, you get the idea.
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There's about a dozen diesels I see near me that are set up like this and roll coal pretty regularly. A guy I work with had his wife take some pictures of the truck when it happened in front of them. They sent them off to the sherrif and got no reply.
The police seem to ignore them, yet the day the muffler let go on my car I got a fix it ticket coming back from work. I don't get it, I must be doing something wrong.
The police seem to ignore them, yet the day the muffler let go on my car I got a fix it ticket coming back from work. I don't get it, I must be doing something wrong.
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Re: Local crackdown on "rolling coal"
You have to act a little different if your hauling commercial than if you're the local turd kicker. You're right. Being stupid. You would think it would cross his mind. Haha. I worked with a fella in a shop years ago. He had 2 nice diesel trucks he actually cut a hole in the bed for a stack. Everyone told him he was a dummy.
Nice.
You have to act a little different if your hauling commercial than if you're the local turd kicker. You're right. Being stupid. You would think it would cross his mind. Haha. I worked with a fella in a shop years ago. He had 2 nice diesel trucks he actually cut a hole in the bed for a stack. Everyone told him he was a dummy.
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Re: Local crackdown on "rolling coal"
DOT will check farmers and Johnny home owner if they see something sketchy or suspect around here. And they love landscapers.
This dude did the same thing. Then mounted the semi stack. Looked pretty foolish to me.
DOT will check farmers and Johnny home owner if they see something sketchy or suspect around here. And they love landscapers.
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Re: Local crackdown on "rolling coal"
If you are 25' behind a vehicle going 60MPH, you are an accident waiting to happen.
A 2 second following distance at 60MPH is 176 feet, your "bikes can be heard a minimum of 25' behind a car on the highway" puts you well past that, past "he's getting a little close, is he going to open the door and climb in?" and well into "there is no way you can stop before rear ending that car" territory.
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If you are 25' behind a vehicle going 60MPH, you are an accident waiting to happen.
A 2 second following distance at 60MPH is 176 feet, your "bikes can be heard a minimum of 25' behind a car on the highway" puts you well past that, past "he's getting a little close, is he going to open the door and climb in?" and well into "there is no way you can stop before rear ending that car" territory.
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your last sentence, defeats your argument, sirens point forward not backward.
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Ever wonder how close a emergency vehicle going the same direction has to get before hearing the siren when travelling at 70 mph with the radio on and the AC cranked. That distance is a lot closer than you would imagine.
