113 decibels: Police stop loud Harley riders
113 decibels: Police stop loud Harley rider – Mettmann

113 decibels: Police stop loud Harley rider – Mettmann

On Sunday (August 30, 2020), the Mettmann district police authority checked motorcyclists during targeted traffic controls in Mettmann and Velbert.

During the traffic checks between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., the traffic service again used the so-called “ProVida” motorcycle from the Mettmann district police authority. The ProVida motorcycle, which has been used for many years, is a civilian motorcycle from the Mettmann district police authority that has been specially converted for traffic surveillance and is able to detect speeding while driving and videotape it for evidence.

In particular, at the well-known motorcycle hotspots on the Mettmanner Südring and in the Neandertal in Velbert, the ProVida motorcyclist discovered a total of 15 violations, some of them serious, and recorded them on video.

These included six speeding violations - three of which were driven so fast on the Sürding that the drivers were all given a one-month driving ban.

The police also had to file three reports of unauthorized overtaking - including one against the driver of a Harley Davidson. The 58-year-old from Düsseldorf had illegally overtaken several vehicles on the Südring in the direction of Ratingen, thereby endangering road users coming towards him. The consequences for the Harley driver: He had to pay a fine of 120 euros and also received one point in Flensburg.

A 58-year-old Harley Davidson driver came under the control of the motorcycle driver on Friedrich-Ebert-Straße in Velbert - but not because the Velbert man was too fast, but because his motorcycle was clearly too loud: that's what the man had The silencer of his machine was modified in such a way that the noise measurement carried out on site showed a value of 113 decibels - a noise limit of 77 decibels is permitted.

The consequence: The Harley's operating license has expired and the man is only allowed to ride his machine again once he has shown it to an expert after it has been repaired. A corresponding advertisement was also made.

Text & image credits: MfGen. Mettmann police


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