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Noise Nuisance from Car Exhausts

The primary legislation aimed at dealing with such noise is the Motor Vehicle (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986. These regulations lay down maximum permitted noise levels from exhausts and the regulations are enforced by the police and the Vehicle Inspectorate. Common law nuisance and section 82 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 also both allow individuals to take their own legal action.

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what measures he has put in place to ensure that car owners do not alter exhaust or silencer systems after an MOT test to ensure that those systems do not break noise regulations. [114124]

Dr. Ladyman: Enforcement of the Road Traffic Regulations is primarily a matter for the police, although the Vehicle Operator and Standards Agency support this process through a programme of roadside inspections.

* Excessive noise * Inappropriate in residential areas

Stupid exhausts are an injustice. Express your freedom of conscience and force the government to wake up and pass legislation!

Current signatories

David Connolly, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• L MacDonald
• Norman Upton
• Philip Glover, the quieter the better for cars and motorcycles!
• Dick King
• S King
• Vanessa Trentham
• Harry Redknapp
• Daniel Broughton
• marie pitchford
• D Casey
• Michael Johnson
• katherine howe
• Barry Hodgson
• Charles Helps
• david parkinson
• JOHN STEWARD
• Thomas
• Andrew Bailey
• Jacob Saunders
• Michael Traill
• Andrew Wheatley
• Rob Ager
• Andrew Aiken
• steve caine
• David Harris
• Dan Parry
• CLIVE LANGFORD
• john cook
• Marian Csontos
• Zuzana Csontosova
• Andrew Butterworth
• m divine
• Derek R Allum
• Andrew Parry
• Richard Golebniak
• Mark Clowes
• Gary Trotter
• mariyam karolia
• Allan Turnbull
• John Kennedy
• NO ONE should have the right to impose ANYTHING on unwilling people
• IAN ROBINSON
• Bernard A Bigley
• p.d.spencer
• Joanne Dempsey