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mass trying to ban aftermarket exhaust again.

skunk

skunk

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going for a vote oct.2nd at 11 a.m. at the state house. they keep bringing this stupid bill back every year. it has to be the ricers and fart cans ticking them off. if it passes we will be cutting of our aftermarket exhausts, or our stock systems better have the resanators on them.

heres the link:http://www.semasan.com/main/main.aspx?id=62241

keep checking the site to see if it passes. if it does I'm moving :p
 
screw massachusetts. we've got the most BS automotive regulations and they just keep getting worse. thats what we get in a state run by democrats...:nonono:
 
they never had the law it was tried before a couple years ago and it never made it to the table. this is the first time it made it to the floor, which is not a good thing. if it passes non of us with aftermarket exhaust will get through..including my contour and mustang and many of us on here. next time you pass a rice honda with a buzzing fart can, thank him! sema should have done something about those systems, they do nothing for performance or improvement and I'm pretty sure this is why the bill is up there.
 
What a bunch of mother-effing communists. :nonono: I guess they've eliminated murder, rape, theft and all forms of crime there, and now they've got nothing better to do than crack-down on those evil aftermarket exhaust systems. Un-freaking-believable. The citizens need to introduce a bill banning over-reaching nanny-state legislators. :mad:

"That government is best which governs least" -- Thomas Paine

The Founding Fathers would be appalled at how intrusive our government has become, at all levels.

***Just remember this the next election cycle, and do NOT re-elect ANY of the damn anti-car, socialist swine who supported this bill.***

Marty
 
Sheesh, this piece-of-crap bill somehow survives through year after year...

During the six years that I was a serf on the Massachusetts manor, I wrote my legislators three times about that bill. As time-consuming it is to figure out who your legislator is and to write a coherent, polite, diplomatic letter, I think it's a good idea for all concerned Mass folk to pursue.

While the SEMA link that skunk provided lists a number of reasons why the bill is unreasonable, whoever wrote up that list really sounds like he's reaching for justifications. Before I wrote my first letter, I fully read through the proposed bill. My argument in the letter was that the bill does not objectively define limits of what loud is, nor does it say that passage of the bill is conditional upon a committee determining what loud is (e.g. X number of decibels at a distance of Y feet circumferentially around the car). I don't think that limits on noise is necessarily an unreasonable idea, but arbitrary limits are unacceptable.

Mass. calls itself as a liberal state, but liberalism as defined there means that the government fancies itself a ruling elite who think they know it all. All they spew in the campaigns about listening to their constituency and returning power to the middle class is just BS. To paraphrase one of my favorite South Park episodes, these people like the smell of their own farts. Out of one corner of their mouth, they like to say how much they embrace diversity and the contributions that each person brings to the table. But what they really want to do is to bully the population and corral everybody into behaving the same way as they do (i.e. sticking with stock exhausts) because their way of living of course is the proper way to live and to-hell-with-diversity. The more you sit back and say nothing, the more emboldened they become, and the snowball effect continues.
 
There was already...

There was already...

A law on the books for this issue, but they feel the need to keep "refining" it....It falls under the emissions section of the MGL's under "Altered Exhaust systems"....I was cited like 7 years ago under this "law' for a GReddy system I had on my Probe GT.
 
SEMA newsletter:


Busy Month in Boston
Enthusiasts in Massachusetts had a busy October as state lawmakers considered two pieces of legislation which would have greatly impacted the hobby. One bill would have done considerable harm to the hobby, while the other would have helped to make it easier to enjoy street-rod and custom vehicles.


The first bill, which SAN members in Massachusetts know all too well, seeks to ban the sale and installation of aftermarket exhaust systems. During an October 2 hearing, the Joint Transportation Committee heard testimony but did not conduct a formal vote on the bill. The chairman has asked interested parties to work together to find a compromise. The SAN is hopeful that the SEMA-model legislation to create a decibel limit under an industry-recognized test procedure will be the basis for that compromise.


The second measure, which was heard before the same committee on October 11, would create titling and registration classes for street rods and customs vehicles. Based on SEMA-model legislation, this bill has been enacted in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Rhode Island, Virginia and Washington. Under the bill, kit cars and replica vehicles will be assigned a certificate of title bearing the same model-year designation as the production vehicle they most closely resemble.


During the hearing, committee members heard testimony regarding the difficult process enthusiasts face in trying to title and register these custom vehicles. Lawmakers responded favorably to hobbyist concerns and acknowledged support for the bill. SAN members in Massachusetts should stay tuned for e-mail action alerts as this bill moves through the legislative process.
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hmm I guess that is good news. the other news I found out is that maybe in 2008 they will stop emission tail pipe testing on obd1 cars 95 and older. the current software contract is up by then and they feel that the majority of the cars on mass roads are obdII and it may be cost effective to go that route.
 
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