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In accordance to City ordnance passed sans 2007.
Many an evening past 10pm, motorcycles ride up and down Woodward Ave. in excess of 45 decibels.
In accordance to City ordnance passed sans 2007.
Many an evening past 10pm, motorcycles ride up and down Woodward Ave. in excess of 45 decibels.
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sick of it (Guest)
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Donald Harvey (Registered User)
I proudly own and drive a Harley Softtail custom and I agree that most car drivers don't respect bikers' safety as they should. Like "John (Guest)", I see them texting and using cell phones. I've even been driven off the road by one guy who saw me coming less than three car lengths away but decided to turn right on red in front of me anyway!
Yep. Biker safety is a BIGissue for me! I've had enough close calls that I've come to a moment of real clarity. After complaining loud and long about those damned motorists, I've come to understand that if I'm gonna survive as a biker I'm gonna have to take the responsibility on myself by watching out for the other guy.
In other words, it doesn't matter how loud my bike is. I could have the loudest pipes on the planet, but if if I think that's going to keep me safe I'm gonna end up dead.
And that brings me back to discussing the original point of this SeeClickFix – which wasn't about BIKER SAFETY at all but about a different issue: BIKER RUDENESS. This posting has to do with "excessive motorcycle noise post 10:00 PM" on Woodward Ave, which is just a matter of rude behavior.
I have no idea about Woodward Ave, but I DO know the problem is really bad along State Street. And I don't blame the bars! IT'S NOT THE BARS' FAULT: not J.P.Dempsey's, not Christopher Martin's, and not C.O. Jones' even though they're pretty close together and a lot of their customers are bikers. These folks run legitimate businesses and can't be blamed for their some customers' rude behavior after hours. And that's when the problem really starts: after the bars close.
That's what this posting is about: RUDE BEHAVIOR ON THE PART OF A HANDFUL FO BIKERS. Inconsiderate, rude behavior that is "justified" by the claim that a louder bike is a safer bike.
I don't care whether you believe straight pipes make you safer or not. Keep 'em if you think they make you safer -- or even if you just like that loud rumble. That's fine with me. But remember your manners, will you? As this posting says, there's too much motorcycle noise after 10:00PM. Period. And that noise has nothing to do with biker safety. That noise is just plain old-fashioned bad manners.
john (Guest)
Just sayin (Guest)
Well, let's see how this new "quality of life" issue in Morris Cove is going to work this summer now that the mayor and the police chief have addressed the issue. Time will tell. I predict nothing will change UNLESS there is a patrol car stationed in the Cove and NOT in their coverage area like near Rt. 80 near the East Haven line.
Time will tell. Also interested in seeing how that new permit parking only is going to work out on Lighthouse Rd. I think the people avoiding the park fees will just park on the other streets in the area and continue to walk into Lighthouse.
Doug Hausladen (Registered User)
we've started a facebook group to help coordinate a lobbying campaign to change state law to adopt the federal standards from the EPA on exhaust pipe labeling (as Maine and Colorado has done).
https://www.facebook.com/CTCALM
Closed City of New Haven (Registered User)