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27-04-2009, 08:04 PM
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doof doof doof doof
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i went through a roundabout in Mordialloc today and saw something odd; there was a bloke standing on the roundabout, hard hat and fluro vest, facing the oncoming traffic. he held faced towards the oncoming traffic what looked like a microphone with one of those fluffy covers on it on a long single pole, about 6ft tall. under the 'mike' looked like a smallish box. in his other hand he held what appeared to be a meter of somesort with a small aerial on it, about the size of a motorola handheld, or slightly larger.
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30-04-2009, 06:22 PM
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why? ...worried about your "doof doof doof doof doof..." ?
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30-04-2009, 07:40 PM
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they have them sometimes around truck checking stations to check jake brake loudness.
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30-04-2009, 08:03 PM
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doof doof doof doof
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bcr2734, is my description of what i saw what they look like? |
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30-04-2009, 08:19 PM
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Wouldn't be EPA more likely Vic roads carrying out a noise survey.
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17-11-2009, 11:55 PM
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I can tell you the epa were setup in geelong about 3 weeks ago on a sat night from 8pm to sometime after midnight. cops were pulling people over then taking them back to where the epa were doing tests. I was one of them. it must be fund raising time cos the fines are pretty huge. pre 1983 can be 96db anything newer 90db i was tested at 107db. $584 fine even after i wrote in explianing first time etc etc and 3 weeks to fix it have it re-tested and hand paperwork in or be fined again. Test is $38 be careful boys they are on the hunt ! my car is an XB sedan 351 it used to have extractors with 2 straight through mufflers 2 1/4 pipes. now has a balance pipe added, 2 resi's and 2 huge mufflers to replace the straigh through mufflers unfortunately im now down to 92db, after 2 failed attempts just made the deadline. the angry growl has now gone.
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18-11-2009, 07:28 AM
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Could be EPA. I don't see why not.
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18-11-2009, 09:59 AM
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18-11-2009, 10:52 AM
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Be an interesting exercise, I really wonder what the general directive here is in relation to same, but alas I disgress from topic. OP - General noise test, not epa I would think, however no expert except to say EPASUX
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19-11-2009, 11:19 PM
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130db is where sound starts to cause pain
150db sounds highly unlikely
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25-11-2009, 02:44 PM
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25-11-2009, 02:47 PM
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epa noise check?
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