Here's one thing people who don't live in NYC may not understand: many streets have built up buildings on both sides. In an open area with normal low-density ho

Here's one thing people who don't live in NYC may not understand: many streets have built up buildings on both sides. In an open area with normal low-density houses a lot of sound would dissipate into the open air. In NYC it reflects and makes the effective volume much louder. Sirens seem to be calibrated for open air environments and they end up being perceived way louder than they actually need to be. I really wish the city would fix this because it's a solvable problem. Just dynamically adjust the volume based on how much sound is reflected. Anyway, this makes these open engine straight piping vehicles just that much worse in the city than they might be in suburban Ohio. I also understand the argument that being loud for a motorcyclist is a safety issue. At least I am sympathetic to that at 50+ mph. But in the city if you're not driving on an expressway, a parkway, a freeway or an otherwise major road (eg the Van Wyck) then you're simply not going above 30mph, probably not even 20mph. I've had cases where one of these idiots passing actually causes things to shake in your apartment. That's not a safety issue. It's a "deliberately being an inconsiderate asshole" issue. That all being said, the NYPD seems to have SWAT teams at the ready for black teens who have a joint or jump a subway turnstile but, at least in my experience, they do almost nothing when it comes to traffic enforcement. In over 10 years of living in NYC I think I saw the cops pull over 3 people. Blocking intersections is rampant. Running red lights is rampant. And this is without even getting into parking violations (eg blocking pedestrian crossings, parking in bike lanes, blocking fire hydrants). So will this noise law even be enforced? I'll need to see it before I believe it.