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Committee reviews S.66 to address road noise, muffler tampering and heavy-truck braking noise
Summary
Senator White presented S.66 to the House Transportation Committee, proposing state limits on gutted mufflers and requirements for mufflers on heavy-truck engine compression brakes, and directing DMV rulemaking and a regional noise-levels study.
Senator White presented S.66 on April 24 as legislation to address excessive road noise and to create enforceable standards. She said the measure grew out of constituent complaints in Springfield and other communities about sleep disruption and diminished enjoyment of property: "They were hit with barriers at every possible step," she said, and the bill is a "last option" for residents who exhausted local and DMV channels.
Section 1 focuses on vehicle-level tampering and muffler standards. The bill would prohibit operation of a highway motor vehicle equipped with a muffler lacking interior baffling, a gutted muffler, muffler cutout or straight-pipe exhaust. It also requires that highway motor vehicles manufactured after…
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