Edmonton city councillor Michael Janz launched a petition to silence the noisy vehicles in the City of Edmonton.
"We don't need driver education, we need enforcement. We don't need warnings, we need tickets and impounding," Janz stated on the petitions website.
"The maximum allowable fine could be increased up to $10,000. The current 85-decibel limit may be too high and require a reduction to 74 decibels like in Europe. Community members also suggested noise curfews forbidding noisy motorcycles after certain hours or outright motorcycle bans along certain roads (Whyte Avenue, Saskatchewan Drive, Groat Road, Connors Road, for instance). It's time for a crackdown."
Janz currently has 12 different petitions started on a range of issues from safety to renters and the noise petition is one of the most popular because according to Janz, "People across the city are so fed up with this issue."
Janz would like to see a universal bylaw with a decibel level attached.
According to Janz, no vehicle is sold noisy. Vehicles have mufflers and must be illegally modified, often with illegal aftermarket products to be excessively noisy.
He said City of Edmonton Council has the opportunity to request a report from the administration to support a dramatic increase in action where half-measures have previously failed.
“We need to dramatically increase the fines. I’ve suggested $5,000 for the first time, $10,000 for the second time. I'd like to see vehicle confiscations. I’d like to see people having their licence and registration yanked," Janz told CTV Edmonton in a interview.
He is also proposing the use of automated cameras and microphones for enforcement.
“We need that noise photo-radar. It’s a great way to give out tickets and a great way to silence the streets,” Janz told CTV.
“They can pinpoint to a licence plate very easily who’s making the noise. The technology is there, the solutions are there, we just need the political will to implement them," Janz said.
Arthur Green is the Alberta Legislative Reporter for the Western Standard and Alberta Report based in the Edmonton Bureau. He is an award-winning journalist and has worked for the CBC and Post Media.
Edmonton is about as gay as sperm on a moustache. The helicopter kids have grown up and now they want to inflict their mental anguish on everybody who isn’t a weak kneed cry baby.
I'm not sure what the actual decibel limit should be, but I fully support this concept. These ashholes with their noisy cars/bikes need to be removed from the streets. There's no need to wake me up in the middle of the night. Fine them into oblivion!
Motorcycles are a minority, an easy target. Most of us are minorities in one way or another. Eventually they will get around to targeting you but only after you've accepted their power to oppress at their will.
Councillor Michael Janz don't know much about cars or motorcycles. A huge number of vehicles are sold stock capable of far over 74 db. The existing 84 db limit is fine, the real issue is lack of enforcement for vehicles with modified exhaust producing over 100 db at full throttle. That's what echoes around the city at night. Dropping the sound levels to 74 db is just an attack on having fun.
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Edmonton is about as gay as sperm on a moustache. The helicopter kids have grown up and now they want to inflict their mental anguish on everybody who isn’t a weak kneed cry baby.
I'm not sure what the actual decibel limit should be, but I fully support this concept. These ashholes with their noisy cars/bikes need to be removed from the streets. There's no need to wake me up in the middle of the night. Fine them into oblivion!
I’m almost certain with the stock muffler my 1985 K20 would be louder than 74 decibels. 74 decibels is a casual outdoor conversation.
Good on you Mr. Janz. We need more councillors like you with a backbone!
Whatever buddy, you're probably triggered by a loud f**t!
He probably voted in favor of the goofy gondola too.
Motorcycles are a minority, an easy target. Most of us are minorities in one way or another. Eventually they will get around to targeting you but only after you've accepted their power to oppress at their will.
This authorisation clown can feel free to move to North Korea.
Councillor Michael Janz don't know much about cars or motorcycles. A huge number of vehicles are sold stock capable of far over 74 db. The existing 84 db limit is fine, the real issue is lack of enforcement for vehicles with modified exhaust producing over 100 db at full throttle. That's what echoes around the city at night. Dropping the sound levels to 74 db is just an attack on having fun.
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