Recently-appointed Senator Win Gatchalian has filed in Senate the Muffler Act of 2016 which prohibits the use of modified mufflers to enhance the sound output of vehicles.
The bill seeks to ban motor vehicles, motorcycles, motorbikes, scooters, and tricycles (public or private) to use any form of modified mufflers, sound boosters, or any device which will increase the sound output higher than seventy decibels. The only exception to this bill are vehicles for motor shows or professional racing.
When applied as a law, vehicles would need to be tested by the Land Transportation Office (LTO) during their annual registration to make sure that mufflers would not go beyond the seventy-decibel threshold.
Those caught in the streets with mufflers emitting sound above 70dB will have the following fines:
- 1st offense: Php5,000 + confiscation of muffler/sound booster
- 2nd offense: Php10,000 + vehicle impound
- 3rd offense: Php15,000 + suspension of driver’s license for 6 months
With this bill, we may finally see (or hear?) the end of unnecessarily loud mufflers on vehicles.
Tama yan, kasi dumarami na rin yung mga pumapasok na delivery motors sa residentials kagaya sa experience ko paiba iba napasok tapos max 5 seconds dadaan sa harapan ng bahay mo at pabalik. Nadami na rin ang nagkaka motor lahat sila nabibingi na kaya sigawan na kasi nga basag na eardrum kaya tama yan 70db lang as normal
This was last 2016 and i mighta not much well learned regarding the updates of this law. Just want to know, is this in effect yet?
from what distance do they measure the decibel of mufflers?
Ayos yan kaso sa LTO lang? E paano kung pagkatapos i rehistro e ibalik na yun maingay na tambutso e di wala din dapat may manghuhuli sa daan lalo na sa gabi