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Clampdown on souped-up cars
15.01.10
YOUNG drivers in
Inishowen who spend money on souped-up exhausts and
tinted windows could be wasting their cash as new
rules come into force.
The Government has announced a crackdown on 'boyracers'
that includes restrictions on the darkness of car
windows and decibel levels of exhaust pipes.
Senator Cecilia Keaveney welcomed the measures
saying they would help communities that have been
"terrorised by boy racers roaring through their
towns and villages".
“I am delighted that these new measures include
restrictions on certain modifications boyracers
usually subscribe to, such as window tinting and
exhaust manipulation.
“Vehicles will be required to have a level of noise
no greater than 99db and glass in the windscreen and
front side windows will also be subjected to tests.
Cars that do not pass the tests will be deemed
unroadworthy," said Senator Keaveney. |
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“Boyracers like the
mystery that tinted windows can provide but it is
important, in the interests of safety, that other
road users are able to see what way a driver is
looking. It also means that these drivers are
identifiable to people as they drive past, most
importantly the Gardaí.
“The noise from modified exhausts can be very
intimidating for people and I know many people who
have been haunted in their own homes by people
roaring past at night time with doctored exhausts.
The measures will be introduced as part of the NCT
test this April.
"The authorities have flagged the changes well in
order to give car modifiers time to make the
necessary changes to their cars. I hope that the
introductions of these measures to the test will
make some of the drivers with modified cars realise
that the things they do to their cars have
consequences for other people,” added Senator
Keaveney. |
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