klaw

well thanks to mr blue fountain they are starting to really crack down had a friend with a cafe racer with silent choice officer told him to let him measure both ways let him off with a warning Happened Sunday on the river

appears they can site you for having switchable mufflers

30 outlaw 2005

Thats just great...

Elite Marine

He isn't the only one. Mike L got stopped again Thurs for noise.

You guys either need mufflers or down turns. I know of a great source for CMI Products!!

I think the 75 db is the operational test, which they have absolutely no way of administering on the Chain.

klaw

yes i just looked it up

B. It shall be unlawful for any person to violate 625 ILCS 45/4-3 A-E, which
provides:
1. All motorboats shall be equipped and maintained with an effective muffler or underwater exhaust system. For the purpose of this Section, an effective muffler or underwater exhaust system is one that does not produce sound levels that create excessive or unusual noise, or sound levels that are in excess of 90 decibels when subjected to a stationary sound level best as prescribed by the Society of Automotive engineers in its procedure J2005.
2. No person shall operate a motorboat on the Waterway in a manner to exceed a noise level of 75 decibels measured as specified in the Society of Automotive Engineers in its procedure J1970 from any point on the shoreline, or from any point on the water within 20 feet of the shoreline of the body of water on which the motorboat is being operated.

organizedchaos

The blue canopy was not the sole person to bring this on. He had alook alike that contributed too.

Smitty

Any of us with loud exhaust (myself included) should watch what we do on the river. I no longer fly down the river because I know all eyes and ears are watching all of us now.

Go slow down the river--pass it along !!!!

Smitty

I am looking into turn downs for my boat. If I have to put mufflers on it I will also put a "for sale" sign on it

northernoffshore

I have heard from a good source that they are having trouble with the db readings because of all the background noise,(chain saws airplanes,road noise etc.) up there. There are numerous complaints from homeowners on the river about all the loud boats. The enforcement officers are just trying to pacify everyone, property owners and boaters alike. Those lakes are small and the size and speed of the all the new boats out now are freaking out people who don't and can't understand. I have heard that someone in a cat w/big drives sprayed down the rt.120 bridg with a rooster tail and knocked someone off their motorcycle. Is this really true? Good luck with the noise issues, even a buddies Crownline 21 has a switchable exhaust and he runs it up there.

Smitty

I doubt it was on Route 120. That whole stretch is a no wake zone. Unless he did it anyways which is possible. We have our share of goofs here too.

klaw

I agree but at the start of the year it was the bluie one going up and down repeatedly that really brought this to a head