House Passes Minimum Noise Safety Act

(Washington) The United States House of Representatives today passed the Omnibus Noise Safety Standards Act, setting a mandatory minimum amount of noise a passenger car or light truck must create on America’s highways, and eventually, on its streets, roads, lanes and courts.

By a vote of 305 to 73, legislators approved the Pickering-Boehner-DeGette Bill, which will be sent to the Senate by a courier riding an American-made Harley Davidson FLSTF Fat Boy, from Harley’s Soft Tail division.

Under the laws provisions, drivers are responsible to provide enough sound to alert other motorists and pedestrians of their whereabouts. Toyota Prius owners, for instance, would be required to open their windows, and yell out “Vroom Vrrrrrooom!!”

States would be mandated to pass similar laws, to be enforced by a newly created Noise Task Force.
President Bush encourage swift passage of the bill by the Senate, saying in part, “Some people think car noise isn’t important. But for those of us who know a little something about driving around, we know that cars’ noises are verrry important, for all Americans, and in other countries as well.”