FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MMA Conducts Voluntary Sound
Checks in Yarmouth
On Saturday May 18, the Massachusetts
Motorcycle Association (MMA) conducted Voluntary Motorcycle Sound Emissions
Checks at the Yarmouth Police Department headquarters. The
voluntary sound check was in response to a request from the Yarmouth Police
Department to be proactive following a recent Yarmouth Town Meeting, at which a
resident requested his fellow residents to adopt a Motorcycle Sound Bylaw
designed to severely penalize motorcycles who altered their exhaust because
this local resident felt that “illegal exhausts from motorcyclists were
ruining their lives on Cape Cod”. Though the bylaw was rejected at the
Town Meeting as being excessive to Massachusetts General Law, Yarmouth’s Police
Chief wanted to do more to address the concerns of the community; reaching
out to the MMA, the sound check was organized and operated in response to these
concerns.
Working in concert with Yarmouth PD Officers,
riders were encouraged to voluntarily test their motorcycles. Over 225
motorcycles visited the test site, with a significant number volunteering to
have their motorcycles tested. Of all the motorcycles tested, only
one was found to be in violation of Massachusetts General Law using the Code of
Massachusetts Regulations (540 CMR 3.03) Stationary Motorcycle Noise
Measurement Procedures. All riders also received a copy of the MMA’s
“When in Town, Throttle Down”© brochure, which details a program designed to
educate riders that even a legal motorcycle can still draw negative attention
if operated in a certain manner.
The MMA is a not-for-profit,
501(c)3 organization of motorcycle riders and enthusiasts, dedicated to the
preservation and enhancement of motorcyclists' rights through appropriate,
non-discriminatory legislation and regulation at all levels of government, and
through the implementation of safety, insurance, education and public awareness
policy and programs for the betterment of all motorcycling within the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Requests for additional information and
questions should be sent to: LegislativeDirector@MassMotorcycle.org
or you can visit www.MassMotorcycle.org
for more details.