Anonymous
Post 06/02/2022 10:10     Subject: Loud ATV drivers at night? City government? Police?

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Anonymous wrote:London trialing acoustic cameras to curb muscle cars. Fines are too low but it will catch on soon. DC could make so much money on these and good riddance lawn mower riders


Why would anyone think that's a good idea?


It’s brilliant. You and your lawnmower come to DC to joyride. Police can’t chase you. No probs. You go home, a letter arrives a few days later with a $500 fine; next offense $1000, next $2000 you get the picture… You find a new hobby or terrorize your local hickville


Love it! People who intentionally cut off their mufflers and race around quiet neighborhoods at 2am should pay a hefty fine.

Why not just put in place policy incentives to replace these two-stroke ICE vehicles with quiet, electric vehicles? Seems like a much better and progressive policy approach that will have added climate benefits.


There's no way to incentivize that. It seems a lot easier to just fix the law by removing the engine size requirement.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2022 10:03     Subject: Loud ATV drivers at night? City government? Police?

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:London trialing acoustic cameras to curb muscle cars. Fines are too low but it will catch on soon. DC could make so much money on these and good riddance lawn mower riders


Why would anyone think that's a good idea?


It’s brilliant. You and your lawnmower come to DC to joyride. Police can’t chase you. No probs. You go home, a letter arrives a few days later with a $500 fine; next offense $1000, next $2000 you get the picture… You find a new hobby or terrorize your local hickville


Love it! People who intentionally cut off their mufflers and race around quiet neighborhoods at 2am should pay a hefty fine.

Why not just put in place policy incentives to replace these two-stroke ICE vehicles with quiet, electric vehicles? Seems like a much better and progressive policy approach that will have added climate benefits.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2022 09:35     Subject: Loud ATV drivers at night? City government? Police?

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:London trialing acoustic cameras to curb muscle cars. Fines are too low but it will catch on soon. DC could make so much money on these and good riddance lawn mower riders


Why would anyone think that's a good idea?


It’s brilliant. You and your lawnmower come to DC to joyride. Police can’t chase you. No probs. You go home, a letter arrives a few days later with a $500 fine; next offense $1000, next $2000 you get the picture… You find a new hobby or terrorize your local hickville


Love it! People who intentionally cut off their mufflers and race around quiet neighborhoods at 2am should pay a hefty fine.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2022 09:32     Subject: Loud ATV drivers at night? City government? Police?

The answer here is obvious. Just get the kids all electric dirt bikes and ATVs.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2022 09:23     Subject: Loud ATV drivers at night? City government? Police?

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So ppl in DC ride their lawnmowers in traffic? They don’t stay in their yards and mow their lawns?

Why are unregistered vehicles with minors driving them allowed to break traffic laws on roads?


Ask the police.

As you likely know, ATVs and Dirt Bikes are not allowed to be registered in DC and aren't street legal.


Having just looked this up. There's a loophole for dirt bikes with engines less than 50cc or manual transmissions.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2022 09:12     Subject: Loud ATV drivers at night? City government? Police?

It used to be that people who wanted peace and quiet would move to the country.

What’s with all this NIMBYsim?
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2022 09:12     Subject: Loud ATV drivers at night? City government? Police?

Anonymous wrote:So ppl in DC ride their lawnmowers in traffic? They don’t stay in their yards and mow their lawns?

Why are unregistered vehicles with minors driving them allowed to break traffic laws on roads?


Ask the police.

As you likely know, ATVs and Dirt Bikes are not allowed to be registered in DC and aren't street legal.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2022 09:03     Subject: Loud ATV drivers at night? City government? Police?

So ppl in DC ride their lawnmowers in traffic? They don’t stay in their yards and mow their lawns?

Why are unregistered vehicles with minors driving them allowed to break traffic laws on roads?
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2022 08:57     Subject: Loud ATV drivers at night? City government? Police?

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:London trialing acoustic cameras to curb muscle cars. Fines are too low but it will catch on soon. DC could make so much money on these and good riddance lawn mower riders


Why would anyone think that's a good idea?


It’s brilliant. You and your lawnmower come to DC to joyride. Police can’t chase you. No probs. You go home, a letter arrives a few days later with a $500 fine; next offense $1000, next $2000 you get the picture… You find a new hobby or terrorize your local hickville


People don't come to DC to joyride lawnmowers.
We can't enforce these tickets on non-residents.
There's lots of practical reasons, such as secondary background noise, why false positives would be prolific.
In the end it just punishes DC residents.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2022 08:26     Subject: Loud ATV drivers at night? City government? Police?

Or Duterte
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2022 08:26     Subject: Loud ATV drivers at night? City government? Police?

We use acoustic camera Money to hire more cops
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2022 08:24     Subject: Loud ATV drivers at night? City government? Police?

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:London trialing acoustic cameras to curb muscle cars. Fines are too low but it will catch on soon. DC could make so much money on these and good riddance lawn mower riders


Why would anyone think that's a good idea?


It’s brilliant. You and your lawnmower come to DC to joyride. Police can’t chase you. No probs. You go home, a letter arrives a few days later with a $500 fine; next offense $1000, next $2000 you get the picture… You find a new hobby or terrorize your local hickville
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2022 08:21     Subject: Loud ATV drivers at night? City government? Police?

Duterte is looking for a job…
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2022 08:15     Subject: Loud ATV drivers at night? City government? Police?

Anonymous wrote:London trialing acoustic cameras to curb muscle cars. Fines are too low but it will catch on soon. DC could make so much money on these and good riddance lawn mower riders


Why would anyone think that's a good idea?
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2022 07:45     Subject: Loud ATV drivers at night? City government? Police?

Has to pass a driving test with a degree of complex math to drive an ATV