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For the uninitiated, when you are driving a piece of machinery and the rev limiter kicks in -repetitively-, it is a sign that you can’t handle or operate a manual transmission. Rev limiting may make a lot of noise, but so do farm animals. Maybe these novice motorcycle riders should switch to riding horses down 7th St NW – they’ll have a much better chance at impressing the ladies.
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I recommend people call 311 to document the loud motorcycle revving. It is illegal to alter the exhaust pipes on motorcycles and exceed 90 db. The fact is the police will not do anything to stop it unless residents complain. It is that it is hard to stop this behaviour. Any serious motorcycle rider will tell you that the weekend riders rattle their pipes and ruin it for serious riders. My hope is that the District would post a few signs telling motorcycle to be respectful and obey the sound laws while riding in the neighborhood.
I heard the riders late on Saturday night as well, as they woke me up repeatedly. While I think the post about calling 311 is smart advice, I also had to wonder why the police didn’t put an end to it, regardless of phone calls. There’s always a police presence in that area on Saturday nights, the riders could be heard for blocks, and it lasted for quite some time. Do we really need to call the police to instruct them on the obvious aspects of their job?
There was one time when the motorcycles were reving and a nearby police car was flipping his/her siren on & off.. Of course, the motorcycles did not stop reving.
On quality of life issues (anything non-violent) the general attitude of the police is they will respond to the community’s concerns. So, the community needs to be vocal on this. Noise violations are historically very difficult to enforce, so the police will not give tickets for violations but rather ask people to “keep it down.” They feel this is the most realistic approach, and they are probably right. I think it is also appropriate to tell local businesses that attract the riders that they should be part of the solution. I think Clyde’s in particular is a destination for the motorcyclists.
It is also predictable when we have unacceptably loud motorcycle noise – Fri, Sat, Sun nights when the weather is nice. It should be easy for a few officers on duty to go up to some of the riders and ask them to keep it down when they are in the neighborhood.
So, please do call 311 and mention it to local officers walking the beat.
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I heard those jackass motorcycle riders late Saturday night. Yeah, they know about rev limits- they just wanted to get your and everyone’s attention. Which they did.