[sunset on the dock]

Originally Posted by Shreddy

Regardless of what you want, noise is an issue that is almost uncontrollable and can, for the most part, only be enforced by friends I personally believe. The laws cannot hold up when fought in court...I know this from first hand experience. I received a noise violation, of which, I fought in court because I knew the way the officer handled the situation as well as the way the law was written, it wouldn't have a chance to hold up in court. Granted, this was on a snowmobile. However, it is the same for boats. To take an accurate decibel reading, all factors need to be equal. It is IMPOSSIBLE to get an accurate decibel reading on the water. The reason F&G as well as MP write these tickets is because they are enforcing what they think, or want to believe, are broken laws without proper logic/evidence to prove the law is broken. They understand a sold portion of activity in this area is driven by out-of-staters. They know they can write a ticket, regardless if the law was broken or not, because they know the majority of "violators" will simply pay the fine rather than taking the day to fight a dumb violation (unlike myself).

I understand your gripe SSOTD, but YOU are the minority. Many people might agree with you and say they do not appreciate the loud noise, but I've never heard someone consistently rant about it. As mentioned, why let those 5-10 seconds bother you? It's noise, it's not some guy throwing lightning bolts at you from his boat. THERE IS NO THREAT OF SAFETY.

If you feel so strongly about this issue, I highly suggest personally doing something about it rather than coming on here and crying about the issue. Don't go begging SBONH to take care of something you want done. We've heard it...over, and over, and over again. You're beating a dead horse.

And we've heard your statement in the past that you like your snowmobiles, boats, bikes etc. loud because you like to draw attention to your toys that you are proud of. We also saw your rude abbreviation telling someone to shut up in the past which seemed to have gotten you moderated. As I said before, the noise issue was part and parcel of why we have a law that you don't like so we are not in the minority. Accept this or expect other laws that curb your "freedoms".