Electric car driver fined for noisy exhaust

An American police officer fined a Dodge Charger driver for revving the engine at a traffic light. However, the car was electricďż˝ magazin de piese auto online.

Electric car driver fined for noisy exhaust

An American patrol officer in Minnesota recently stopped a Dodge Charger and fined the driver. The reason: “very loud exhaust.” But there is one small detail: in this case, we are talking about the first all-electric model from Dodge. And as we well know, one of the advantages of electric cars is that their powertrain does not make noise.

The incident took place in the small town of Stillwater near Minneapolis, Minnesota. The driver of the 670-horsepower Dodge Charger Daytona Scat Pack in question filmed the inspection and posted parts of the recording on the Web. “I’m not going to argue with you,” the patrol officer says firmly when the Dodge owner begins to explain to him that electric cars don’t have exhaust pipes.

The driver believes it was a misunderstanding: that evening he was stuck in traffic, and when the traffic light turned green, the car in front of him sped away with its engine roaring. Then the police patrol suspected that the loud noise was coming from the Dodge. They stopped him and subsequently issued him a ticket.

Comments on social networks

The driver also posted a ticket. It listed several violations: “noisy exhaust” and “disturbing public order.” The third penalty was related to the lack of a license plate as required by the state.

The bizarre incident has sparked a wave of comments on social media. “They punished you for buying an electric car,” joked one user. Another recommended: “Cops like this should be fired.” A third added: “I’m a police officer myself. It annoys me that this guy doesn’t admit he made a mistake, doesn’t tear up his ticket, and doesn’t laugh at himself.”

However, another user wrote a surprising comment: “The car generates a fake internal combustion engine sound – and the guys turned it up all the way.” Could this be true? The electric Dodge Charger Daytona Scat Pack does indeed have a factory sound generator – meaning a speaker in the back could actually produce a deceptively real gasoline engine sound.

Built-in V8 Sound Generator

Dodge calls the feature “Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust” and has a patent for it. It mimics the sound of a real Hellcat V8. When turned up all the way, the synthetic sound can reach 126 dB—almost as loud as a hammer and just below the pain threshold.

That's why in the end the question remains open whether the Dodge driver didn't "play" a little with the Fratzonic function of the traffic light - and whether he's just playing the innocent lamb in front of the police? In the end, it's a question of one person's word against another's. But the policeman's word - as often happens in life - would probably carry more weight in court...

Conclusion

Can electric cars be too loud? The answer to this question is not clear. But in any case, the roar of the V8 from the speakers that Dodge has equipped its powerful electric model with will probably be just as jarring as that from a real exhaust.

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An American patrol officer in Minnesota recently stopped a Dodge Charger and fined the driver

The incident took place in the small town of Stillwater near Minneapolis, Minnesota