Noise At Tracks

[mistamidget]

Has anyone heard of, or been, fined as a result of an excessive reading at the track?

Read a ruling in some recent supp regs indicating it's possible/likely.

What is the fine for exceeding noise limits?

I reckon that on public roads they should give you a second chance to remedy it and then just send you home anyway.

[cazz]

You don't get fined for a reading over 75DB, you just get sent home. Makes it an awful waste of money to get to the track, knowing your car could be over the limit to get sent home. The noise limit's are strictly enforced, and because they are so well known, ignorance is no excuse. A track is NOT a public road, it is a private venue available for hire. Not only do you waste your money, you make it hard for everybody else and for the club holding the event by taking your over limit car to one of these events and trying to get away with it.

It's just way easier to make sure your car is under 75db at 30 metres.

[emts]

I heard someone last week or the one b4 claim to be fined for excessive noise at Sandown last weekend or the one b4.

turned out when dug deeper he got busted leaving sandown on the street and busted by EPA

AFAIK we are on private property when on a track so we cannot be financially fined, just removed from the track

[Bec]

I can confirm 100% without a shadow of a doubt at Sandown you do not receive a fine.

You get warned if you are over 75dba and given a chance to reduce the noise output. If you go out again and you are still over, then you get sent on your merry way

[mistamidget]

Hmm. The sup regs for the upcoming John Mott Memorial Sandown mentions you may get fined for being over the noise limit.

http://www.nissancarclub.org.au/Events/Downloads/2013JohnMottMemorialSprint2013/John%20Mott%20Memorial%20Sprint%20REGS%202013.PDF

Blue text halfway down

I'm entering anyway so I'll make sure I'm only 74.98dba

[dasic1]

And in blue text a bit further down it says you're given one chance

[ZRBE]

Wow, I was clueless to there being a noise limit..

75db at 30m is still pretty loud right?..

My r32 idles pretty loud.. And when the wastegate comes on....

[scotty nm35]

So don't crack the gate near the mike, find out where it is and back off nice and early.

[R31Nismoid]

^ lol exactly, everyone has been doing that for years - and that's even if a tester rocks up (not always)... If they do, they usually set up in the same spots each time, so it's not hard to work out.

Also once the dude has gone home (rarely there the entire day at a club sprint)... Well... You know what to do

[dkbcleaner]

Yep you just back off early and you will be fine. Just change gears earlier as your leading up to him

[34GeeTeeTee]

Lol. Would sound funny... Super gate all round the track then just idling past the sound test, not half obvious

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

Yup, no guilt in doing this either... In 95% of cases the race tracks were there before the houses that complain.

It's no different to building next to a major airport and complaining and in my opinion should be treated as such. i.e. houses should simply be told bad luck.

[AC1200]

Supp reggs for upcoming winton say 75db, do they ever test for noise out there?

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

can test any track at any time

[AC1200]

I should re-word my question.

Is the 75db limit in the supp regs correct? or is it possible that it has just been carried over from other events in the regs?

just curious because its the first time ive personally come across 75db for winton