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WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1979
HE SAID THERE WERE 122 PROSECUTIONS FOR EXCESSIVE NOISE FROM MOTOR VEHICLES IN 1978 OF WHICH 52 WERE MOTORCYCLES. SO FAR IN 1979 THE EQUIVALENT FIGURES ARE 15 AND 11.
+NOISE POLLUTION FROM MOTORCYCLES AND OTHER MOTOR VEHICLES IS CONTROLLED UNDER THE ROAD TRAFFIC (CONSTRUCTION AND USE) REGULATIONS, + HE EXPLAINED.
+POLICE OFFICERS ON PATROL, OR EVEN MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, WHO SPOT A MOTORCYCLE OR OTHER VEHICLE WHICH IS APPARENTLY DEFECTIVE BECAUSE IT IS MAKING EXCESSIVE NOISE, CAN REPORT THE OWNER WHO IS THEN REQUIRED TO ATTEND AT A POLICE POUND FOR INSPECTION OF HIS VEHICLE BY A MOTOR VEHICLE EXAMINER.
+ IF THE SILENCER OR OTHER RELEVANT PART OF THE VEHICLE IS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE, THEN THE OWNER IS PROSECUTED, + HE SAID.
MR. BARNES SAID THAT MANY OWNERS WOULD REPAIR THEIR VEHICLES BEFORE REPORTING FOR INSPECTION SO THAT THE NUMBER OF PROSECUTIONS DID NOT REALLY REFLECT THE LEVEL OF CONTROL ACTIVITY.
+WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN REPEATED INCIDENTS OR COMPLAINTS OF NOISY VEHICLES ON A PARTICULAR ROAD, THE POLICE WILL MAKE A SPECIAL EFFORT AND SET UP ROAD BLOCKS WITH, WHERE POSSIBLE, A MOTOR VEHICLE EXAMINER PRESENT,+ HE SAID.
+IN SUCH CASES A PROSECUTION CAN BE INITIATED AGAINST AN OFFENDER ON THE SPOT WITHOUT FIRST REFERRING THE VEHICLE TO INSPECTION AT A POLICE POUND, HE ADDED.
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