Raleigh police working to silence noisy drivers with loud exhaust, mufflers
SLASH REPORTED TO SEND YOUR
VIDEO PICTURES OR TIPS TO OUR
NEWS TEAM. RALEIGH POLICE ARE
CRACKING DOWN ON LOUD MUFFLERS
AND THE CITY'S BUSIEST AREAS
THAT INCLUDES GLENWOOD SOUTH
FAYETTEVILLE STREET AND CAPITOL
BOULEVARD. THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT SAYS A COP MORE THAN
A DOZEN PEOPLE DRIVING WITH
EXHAUST VIOLATIONS WRAL'S
ASHLEY PATTERSON TALK WITH A
NEIGHBOR WHO HOPES THIS IS JUST
THE BEGINNING OF THEIR EFFORTS.
>> IF YOU TAKE A TRIP TO
GLENWOOD SOUTH OR EVEN
FAYETTEVILLE STREET ON
WEEKENDS, YOU'LL HEAR MUSIC,
LAUGHTER AND PROBABLY REVVING
ENGINES NOISE. YOU KNOW, AS YOU
KNOW, I THINK TEAMS DENZER SAYS
NOISE COMING FROM CARS AND
MOTORCYCLES HAVE BECOME A
NUISANCE. AND I'M NOT JUST A
LITTLE BIT OF NOISE, BUT THE
POINT WHERE YOU CAN HEAR, WHY
DO YOU THINK THE PROBLEM HAS
GOTTEN SO BAD? WELL, YOU KNOW,
FOR ONE THING, IT'S THE OTHERS,
0 ENFORCEMENT TO MAKE MY
FLURRIES LOUDER. PEOPLE WALKED
AND REMOVE OR MODIFY THEIR
EXHAUST SYSTEM, WHICH IS
ILLEGAL IN NORTH CAROLINA.
>> NOW, RALEIGH POLICE ARE
TRYING TO QUIET THAT NOISE,
SETTING UP OPERATIONS TO CATCH
DRIVERS THIS PAST WEEKEND
OFFICER ZEROED IN ON THIS
PROBLEM MAKING NEARLY 100
TRAFFIC STOPS AND THE CITY'S
BUSIEST AREAS.
>> 17 DRIVERS WERE CHARGED FOR
HAVING LOUD MUFFLERS.
>> PEOPLE TARGET THOSE AREAS
WITH THEIR WITH THEIR VEHICLES
HAVE LOUD MUFFLERS BECAUSE
THAT'S WHERE EVERYBODY'S AT
AND THEY WANT TO DRAW THAT
ATTENTION AND SAY, LOOK AT ME,
LOOK WHAT I HAVE. WELL, NOW
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
SAYING WHAT YOU HAVE AND YOU'RE
GOING TO GET STOP. AND DO YOU
THINK THAT DOING THESE TYPES
OF OPERATIONS WILL ACTUALLY
DETER PEOPLE? YEAH, I THINK
SO. DENZER THING SO TOO.
BUT ONLY OF OFFICERS STAY
CONSISTENT WITH YOUR HAND OUT A
FEW TICKETS.
>> DOESN'T WORK. BUT IF YOU
HAVE A AND PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT
IT AND TO GET THE MESSAGE AND
HOPEFULLY THEY'LL STOP.
LIEUTENANT DAVID DAVIS SAYS
THE DEPARTMENT PLANS TO KEEP
UP PATROLS.
>> AND THOSE ARE HOPES THIS IS
JUST THE BEGINNING OF THEIR
EFFORTS. JESSE PATTERSON, WRAL