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In a swift crackdown, the postulation constabulary detained 20 motorcycles fixed with modified exhaust systems, and imposed fines connected the bikers who had assembled astatine PRS Ground to instrumentality portion successful the two-wheeler rally organised connected Sunday (November 16, 2025) to make consciousness connected roadworthy safety.
The motorcycles with the altered silencers were confiscated and the motorists were instructed to get archetypal silencers fixed and instrumentality their vehicles backmost aft paying fine, said Deputy Commissioner of Traffic Police S. Ashok Kumar who inaugurated the rally, which was organised arsenic a portion of the Coimbatore Vizha.
Motorcycles with altered exhaust systems were being regularly tracked and fined. The motorists, mostly those owing high-end motorcycles regenerate the silencers for other noise, though it is simply a communal information that problems would originate successful the motor and pb to mediocre substance efficiency, Deputy Commissioner said.
The exhaust sound has to beryllium beneath 80 decibels, measured astatine 2 metres, for each motorcycles.
According to Section 190 (2) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, a motorist tin beryllium penalised with good of ₹10,000 oregon look up to 3 months of imprisonment for causing sound pollution, Transport Department sources said. Additionally, their driving licence tin beryllium suspended for 3 months, the sources added.
