[Neighbors] auto noise emissions

[Anderson Robert via Neighbors_nobhill-nm]

Sherry, others,

I have seen small size trucks on Coal with diesel engines smoother small cars by doing something that just covers them with soot and black smoke.  We wind up breathing this filthy air in our homes.  

Several others have responded to me off the list about how bad the noise problem is and they would like to see the city do something.  Noise and smoking vehicles is a city wide problem but really noticeable in the older, more dense areas like Nob Hill and University Heights.  

As Juan points out the city Enviro department has a smoking vehicles program that could pass along the tag numbers of noise emission violators to the EPA for fines.  I have asked if they do this and gotten no response.  Some I think see this as part of the Rt 66 wild west culture.  I wonder how the millennials see it?  It is sure driving away many good folks I suspect.  It just feeds the criminal element allowing them to get away with this noise and smoke assaults against civil society. 

I report a lot of vehicles for smoke and illegal noise exhaust emissions.  The web site is http://www.cabq.gov/environmentalhealth/emissions-testing/report-smoking-vehicle.  Or just send an email to Vehicle Pollution Management <vpm at cabq.gov> with the tag number and your name.

Maybe someone can get out councilman to do something.

Bob


On Sep 6, 2016, at 8:41 PM, Sherry Barrett via Neighbors_nobhill-nm <neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:

I decided to take it as a badge of honor when a giant gas-guzzling truck blew coal at me in my Prius! 


> On Sep 5, 2016, at 3:08 PM, bluet-78504--- via Neighbors_nobhill-nm <neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:
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> Thanks Bob for the EPA website where they accept federal responsibility for enforcing rules against car/truck/bike owners who make after-marked mods that increase engine emissions. Unfortunately they require a citizen to report a violator using unknown data such as owner's name and address. If CABQ collaborated with EPA then the CABQ Smoking vehicle website could be used to report noise violators to the EPA with just the vehicle's license plate number.
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> BTW - Interesting story in the New York Times September 5th edition, titled: "Rolling Coal". It seems some drivers can be even more obnoxious, intentionally blasting opaque diesel exhaust at other road users using modified exhaust devices. Unfortunately, the article concluded that no one at any level of government cares much about real enforcement. (Quality of Life laws must not generate enough revenue ;)
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> Juan
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