Maserati fined for noise in London today!!

[Pooh]

Mandalore said:

Its soo hard to spot people with an obvious beef with the Police for 'randomly' picking them out of the herd in the past.

What on earth are you on about? I have no problem with the police but I do know the car and how it behaves, as I have said, the noise came from the car changing down a gear and not the driver revving the engine.

[herewego]

I doubt that giving the clown a £100 fine will have any effect, he needs points too.

[AW111]

Pooh said:

What on earth are you on about? I have no problem with the police but I do know the car and how it behaves, as I have said, the noise came from the car changing down a gear and not the driver revving the engine.

Self-driving car, eh?

It sees a police car, changes down and boots the throttle all by itself!
In sports mode, of course, because you need the instant shifts, extra power, and sharper throttle map when curb crawling in London.

[egor110]

Pooh said:

What on earth are you on about? I have no problem with the police but I do know the car and how it behaves, as I have said, the noise came from the car changing down a gear and not the driver revving the engine.

Which is why if the owner hadn't of got a reputation for being a arrogant pain in the ass in that neighbourhood he might of been able to explain to the police that it blips the throttle on change down, as it was his reputation preceded him and the police were not going to give a inch and did it by the book.

If he feels so hard done by he can always have his day in court but he won't because £1000 is nothing for him and in a few months he'll be back off home.

[Pooh]

AW111 said:

Pooh said:

What on earth are you on about? I have no problem with the police but I do know the car and how it behaves, as I have said, the noise came from the car changing down a gear and not the driver revving the engine.

Self-driving car, eh?

It sees a police car, changes down and boots the throttle all by itself!
In sports mode, of course, because you need the instant shifts, extra power, and sharper throttle map when curb crawling in London.

It will change down automatically with a blip of the throttle as the car slows down, even in manual mode, if you watch the video, the down change happens as he slows down behind the bus. This is not very complicated and I am amazed so many people struggle to understand it.
With regard to sport mode, the car drives much better and slips the clutch far less compared to normal mode so for clutch life it is best to drive in sport mode as much as possible. I drove mine in sport mode at all times apart from driving past houses in the early morning/late evening and other owners I have spoken to do the same thing. If it had been me, I would have taken it out of sport mode when I saw the police car but I never had any issues with the police.

[AMGJocky]

s3fella said:

As it drives off at the end it sounds like a manual? No indicator also!! lol

Good luck finding a manual MC Stradale

[Alex_225]

If the car is standard and that's just how it downshifts from the factory then I would argue the case as it's not a case of being specifically obnoxious.

How he appeared to behave on camera once he was pulled over didn't do him many favours as he seemed to have a bit of a, 'why me' attitude so that won't help. As said as well, we don't know if the guy/vehicle has some history already so may be why he was pounced on.

If the car is as standard, I can't help thinking that if it's designed to sound so OTT trundling along in traffic that it makes you look a bit stupid

[AH33]

I like how they see him making an "antisocial" noise so make a much louder one of their own.

Supercars don't wake me up in the middle of the night, but sirens do.

[egor110]

AH33 said:

I like how they see him making an "antisocial" noise so make a much louder one of their own.

Supercars don't wake me up in the middle of the night, but sirens do.

Are you for real?

The police whacked the sirens on to alert people and move the traffic totally justified.

[Leptons]

AMGJocky said:

I'm less inclined to care or offer any sympathy to the driver seeing as he filmed the police chatting to him the whole way through.

Tosser.

Why? That is the way society has gone. It's perfectly legal to film police. It's no different to Driving around with a Dash Cam. It's important that people continue to film the Police and bring these blatant, illegal, miss uses of power to light.

[Mr GrimNasty]

egor110 said:

AH33 said:

I like how they see him making an "antisocial" noise so make a much louder one of their own.

Supercars don't wake me up in the middle of the night, but sirens do.

Are you for real?

The police whacked the sirens on to alert people and move the traffic totally justified.

Funny, because from actual experience, no emergency services use sirens in my town at late night - I'm sure they would in a massive car chase life/death, situation, but that would be once in a blue moon. However every single night I get disturbed by wall thumping bass stereos and tin can exhausts even at 3 in the morning.

If that Maserati is standard and that blip can't be disabled - then the driver still had the choice NOT TO DRIVE through the prohibited area that was clearly signed.

He got what he deserved.

[egor110]

Mr GrimNasty said:

egor110 said:

AH33 said:

I like how they see him making an "antisocial" noise so make a much louder one of their own.

Supercars don't wake me up in the middle of the night, but sirens do.

Are you for real?

The police whacked the sirens on to alert people and move the traffic totally justified.

Funny, because from actual experience, no emergency services use sirens in my town at late night - I'm sure they would in a massive car chase life/death, situation, but that would be once in a blue moon. However every single night I get disturbed by wall thumping bass stereos and tin can exhausts even at 3 in the morning.

If that Maserati is standard and that blip can't be disabled - then the driver still had the choice NOT TO DRIVE through the prohibited area that was clearly signed.

He got what he deserved.

I very much doubt your town is central London though.

There are people out there that would love to bash the police , the next video would be i was about to cross the road when a police car sped past with no lights of sirens.

[AH33]

egor110 said:

Are you for real?

The police whacked the sirens on to alert people and move the traffic totally justified.

Its hardly a fking emergency. Send him a fine through the post if they must.

[Durzel]

AH33 said:

I like how they see him making an "antisocial" noise so make a much louder one of their own.

Supercars don't wake me up in the middle of the night, but sirens do.

But, as has been said already and many are missing, as far as the 1,000 residents that were canvassed by the Met are concerned hearing sirens responding to that reassures them that the PSPO is being enforced. I'd also imagine sirens in central London are pretty much part of the background noise.

[AH33]

Durzel said:

But, as has been said already and many are missing, as far as the 1,000 residents that were canvassed by the Met are concerned hearing sirens responding to that reassures them that the PSPO is being enforced. I'd also imagine sirens in central London are pretty much part of the background noise.

I can totally appreciate anyone living close would hate hearing yet another lambo banging off its limiter at 2am, I can also appreciate how pedestrians may not want to be violently bisected by some saudi oil sheik who decided that a pedestrian crossing was the best place to demonstrate his 0-100 time.

This guy downshifted while doing about 15 mph. Even if he's been a tt in the past, that driving in itself, at that moment in time did not justify their pathetic response.

[anonymous-user]

herewego said:

I doubt that giving the clown a £100 fine will have any effect, he needs points too.

Surely a custodial sentence would be better, maybe a public flogging as well

[herewego]

yonex said:

herewego said:

I doubt that giving the clown a £100 fine will have any effect, he needs points too.

Surely a custodial sentence would be better, maybe a public flogging as well

No, that would cost us money. Points are an actual disincentive as opposed to a fine which means nothing to him.

[Durzel]

AH33 said:

I can totally appreciate anyone living close would hate hearing yet another lambo banging off its limiter at 2am, I can also appreciate how pedestrians may not want to be violently bisected by some saudi oil sheik who decided that a pedestrian crossing was the best place to demonstrate his 0-100 time.

This guy downshifted while doing about 15 mph. Even if he's been a tt in the past, that driving in itself, at that moment in time did not justify their pathetic response.

But noise is exactly the sort of thing the PSPO has been brought in to address? The speed or lack thereof is irrelevant really - especially given how busy the street is and I doubt most of the usual suspects that this is intended to hit would ever do much more than 15mph anyway. 15mph would probably count as exit speed for most of them.

Outwith this legislation people can be prosecuted elsewhere in the country if they "modify the exhaust system to make a vehicle noisier after it has been ‘type approved’".

Lastly, "even if he's been a tt in the past" very much counts in my book. If you drive like a tt don't be surprised if you get treated like one, including but not limited to absolute by-the-book application of road traffic laws where others might be given the benefit of the doubt.

[Stickyfinger]

?? I don't know ??

Can a road side VOSA inspector insist a car is remove from the road if not satisfied the car is "roadworthy". ....Eg, been fitted with a modified exhaust since the MoT (or it should of failed an MoT or Would now fail an MoT )

[Pooh]

Just to reiterate, there is no reason to suppose that this car has a modified exhaust.