The coming of warm summer days signals to me the invasion of the loud motorcycles in Malibu. I have nothing against motorcycles but many are modified to be so loud it is unbearable to be in my home all weekend. I am sure I am not the only one affected by them. Imagine a single rider who goes on a fifty mile pleasure drive. Think of how many people he affects with his loud noise on that ride. Hundreds of people and families have to endure them passing by. Now multiply that by the hundreds that come here on summer weekends.
The laws on the books now require a sheriff to test for the noise level from over fifty feet away. The legal noise level now is above that which is legally allowed by trucks. There is also a law on the books that say the manufacturer will not be held responsible for building illegal motorcycles above the noise limit set by law.
These laws are written for the motorcycles protection, only. We have endured them long enough. In October all new bills will be considered if they will be put on the slate in February. Now we have a chance to let the law makers hear our voice on this. Please write to them. Ask them to sponsor a bill to lower the legal noise limit and to have a mandatory vehicle test for noise before they can be registered. Fran Pavley, Congress, and Sheila Kuehl, Senate, can change this for us. Please call or write to them.
Jeannette de Langis