States to look at motorbike and car noise limits

The States of Guernsey is looking at introducing potential restrictions on excessive noise from motorbikes, mopeds and cars.

Environment and Infrastructure (E&I) and Home Affairs proposed carrying out a data collection trial to see if introducing a decibel limit could cut down on noise.

Altering a vehicle's exhaust to deliberately increase noise would also become an offence under the proposals, bringing the bailiwick in line with Jersey and the UK.

Home Affairs President Rob Prow said: "Motorbikes, mopeds and cars with excessively loud exhausts have been a growing problem in the bailiwick for some years."

The trial would "evaluate the practicality of implementing noise thresholds" based on international best practices, the States said.

E&I President Lindsay de Sausmarez said there was "longstanding public concern about the excessive noise that some vehicles create".

The trial would help determine whether decibel limits or other measure were needed, but the group did not want to "hold up the more immediate progress", they said.

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