“Quietly arrives”: Campaign against motorcycle noise
Created: 05/02/2022, 08:32
By: Tobias Gehre
Some motorcycles are loud as hell.
In a test as part of the launch of the campaign, more than 82 decibels were measured on a new Ducati.
The driver obeyed the local speed limit.
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The motorcycling season begins with the warm season.
What is pure driving pleasure for some drives noise-plagued residents of popular routes out of their minds.
Grafrath - That's why the ADAC has now launched a Bavaria-wide campaign for quieter driving.
The starting shot was fired in Grafrath - this is where one of the bikers' favorite routes begins.
Lots of curves, few cars: on nice weekends, the road between Grafrath and Mauern is firmly in the hands of motorcyclists.
"And it has increased significantly," says Gabriele Mosandl.
Above all, the noise bothers the Grafratherin.
That's why she came to the Bürgerstadl this Friday afternoon.
The ADAC had invited there to present the “Quietly Announced” initiative together with the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Transport.
(By the way: everything from the region is now also available in our regular FFB newsletter.)
The aim is to sensitize motorcyclists to a quieter driving style.
This is to be achieved through different posters with inscriptions such as “Drive quietly.
Save noise" or "Please don't rooear!".
In addition, electronic noise measurement displays are intended to inform bikers that they are too loud - analogous to the smileys that show drivers that they are speeding too fast.
Grafrath's Mayor Markus Kennerknecht hopes that at least some motorcyclists will be made aware of the noise they make.
"But it will be difficult to reach the inconsiderate." Only the police can get them under control.
Nevertheless, Grafrath purchased two of the information boards.
Displays are intended to sensitize bikers.
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cheat software
New motorcycles in particular are particularly noisy, explained Roman Gold, head of the police motorcycle control group.
Software controls flaps in the exhaust system.
It only gets quiet if the software recognizes a special driving style in which the volume can be officially measured.
For all other driving styles, the noise reduction is then deactivated.
So it's similar to the so-called cheat software from a major German car manufacturer - only legal.
But driving style also has a major impact on noise levels.
That's why the initiators are appealing to motorcyclists not to accelerate at full speed directly behind the place-name sign, but to wait a little longer.
Resident Gabriele Mosandl welcomes the action.
However, she does not believe that appeals and notice boards alone will solve the problem.
"One would only achieve something through a speed limit."
You can find more current news from the district of Fürstenfeldbruck at Merkur.de/Fürstenfeldbruck.