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Originally Posted by prelude_prince
This is honestly sad. I understand his exhaust may be extremely loud just by seeing the mods but as far as knocking on his door to respond to the noise complaint at 7am, entering his house and issuing him a ticket, when he was not driving the car that day... It seems this reporting system can just be abused...
Like maybe I can start blindly reporting that undriven 68 Charger that lives a block away from me for noise... Maybe they'll get annoyed enough and finally sell me the car lol.
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Exactly, the issue isnt if the FRS deserves a VI... I think we all know the answer to that... a catless invidia exhaust all the way from the headers down... yea.. I think we all know how loud that is...invidia is totally the brand that is known for quiet exhausts, am i right?
The issue is... this sets a rather slippery slope of the precedence where...
VPD doesnt have to catch you in the act, dont have to prove anything with hard evidence. And don't have to wait until you are on a public road apparantly...
All they need is a complaint, and there... charged and guilty.
Like Prelude said above ^, the system can totally be abused if there arn't any checks and balances, does the VPD even go to the neighbor first and see if there are any substaintial proof?
WHAT IF... and I am saying... WHAT IF there is a car very much that looks like your neighbor's car (but it isn't) that lives half a block down from you. You get woken up everyday and you look out the window and be like.. FUCK NEIGHBOR A and his car, I am gonna call the cops and fucking get his car off the road. When in fact it was neighbor B that lives 10 houses down from you is the car that you are after. (Yes, chances are slim, but you know what else? The average guy that cant tell a white civic, from a white corolla, from a white elantra while standing by their window in their house)
The cops shows up at neighbor A's door, says we have a complaint that your car is not compliant, here is your ticket and VI, doesnt matter if your car is not the same car. We have a description here saying it is your car driving on this road yesterday at this time, and your car was nosiy af.
No, you dont have to start your car now.
No, we wont need to do a decible test.
You are now being given a VI with no recourse. It is now your responsibility to pay out of your pocket to prove your car is compliant.
Have a nice day.
See how that sounds? Does this sound like Canada to you?