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Originally Posted by Rays95
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Sorry to hear about your incident.
I find it surprising that an loud exhaust violation would result in a Box 1 Notice & Order. The entry into your vehicle without consent is also an issue that does not sit well with me. I would recommend you to file an official complaint via the OPCC (Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner):
https://opcc.bc.ca/
For your complaint, I would look for a realistic estimate of how high your rpms went when you downshift / rev-match, and see how far off that is compared to the 4 - 4.5k rpm that the officer went for. An important point that you should stress in your complaint is -- having the capacity to break the law is completely different than actually breaking the law. Even if your exhaust exceeds the 83 dB limit as allowed in the MVAR at 4.5k rpm, if whatever rpm your engine revs at during the downshift does not exceed 83 dB, you did not break the law.
The location of where the decibel meter is held (relative to the exhaust) is also somewhat important. At the end of the day, that measured reading is all for show because the MVAR allows the officer to issue you the VI purely on the cop's subjective judgement. But you want to know and indicate in your complaint that there is no standardized exhaust noise measurement protocol in the MVAR or CVSE regulations. Quite often, the police officer would hold the decibel meter directly next to the exhaust outlet. As everyone knows, the closer the meter is to the sound source, the louder the reading will be. What you are trying to do here is establish that the method of noise measure as performed by the police officer is inappropriate, so the actual numerical 113 dB value is rather meaningless.
I would press on these 4 points and see where that takes you. It's a long and tedious process, and nothing may come out of it despite the efforts that you've put into it. But I'd still urge you to press ahead. There is help available to guide you through.
I don't believe the front windows tinting is something you can dispute on. That one is pretty clear cut in the MVAR, so don't bother trying. The front windows already came like this when you bought the car is not a good excuse at all.
The more legitimate complaints we can generate (as a community), the stronger our argument would be.