Hi everybody!
Last friday, at my mechanic class with my schoolmates and teacher, during a good part of the course we read the procedure's documentation of SAAQ and we spoke (and laugh a lot) about this sonometer project.
The recommendation in this document seem like a joke, and what the
should observe when he's using sonometer making giving tickets like "impossible".
My teacher, schoolmates and me decided to keep a copy of this law document under the seat just in case.
Here's the SAAQ link for this law document for those of you who can read french:
http://www.saaq.gouv.qc.ca/securite_routiere/vehicules_technologies/projets_pilotes/sonometre/mesurage_motocyclette.pdfAnd for DMF's friends cannot read french, i’ve done some translations, beause it’s really funny!
Btw this is my personnal translation, this not the real text, even if i done my best, i still have a lot to learn in english formulation. If you needed, to assert you’re right do not use this translation, use the french text in link below this is the real law’s code in QC. It will be translate by the government when testing period will be done.
Here the hilarious page 6 where the text relate environnemental needs to proceed :
Testing site and environnementals conditions during test should be as follow :
5.1 The site must flat and free from reflective objects (ex : vehicules, curbs, road signs, building, ‘’banks’’, trees, peoples, animals) on 2.5m distance from the motorcycle and the microphone (see A annexe pict. A.1) The operator and an assistant can be in this zone if necessary. The test can’t be done indoor.
5.2 The ground of the testing zone should be pavement (asphalt or solid concrete) or gravel surface. It should be free from any dirt material (like loose sand or dirt), grass. Really!!![laugh]
Sorry Sir Sir but little grass stick under your boots test is not valid!!
5.3 The ground should be horizontal. The average slope do not exceed 40mm/m (4% or 2.3 degrees). This mean a slope near 2 inches every 3 feets
5.4 The space above the site should be unrestricted (no branches of tree or structures). The test can’t be done indoor.
5.5 The speed of the wind, including gusts of wind, measured at height between 1.5m and 2m from ground, do not exceed 10m/s (36km/h) during the test.
5.6 Air temp should be between 5ºC and 35ºC *.
5.7 Air relative humidity should be between 25% and 90% *.
5.8 Sound pressure level rate A of the ambiant sound, including wind sound, should be 10dba under the sound tested.
5.9 If the operator or assistant need to stay near of the motorbike during measurements, they should place themself the most far away and preferably, from the motorcycle on the opposite side of the side where is the microphone.
* Weather forecast can be use for évaluation if temparature and relative humidity are accurate for testing. If needed, measurements can be done to make sure those limits are not exceeding.
And in the text too, there is a procedure of how the officier should calibrate his tools... Also complicated to be done on the side of the road. So if the gentlemen officer still can do all that stuff, i will pay my bill he will deserved it.
