Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)
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Question 399: To ask the Minister for Transport the legislation available to counter the growing number of cars with loud exhausts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30479/05]

Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)
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Question 400: To ask the Minister for Transport the regulations relating to the maximum noise levels from motorised vehicles in residential areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30480/05]

Ivor Callely (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 399 and 400 together.

Article 85 of the Road Traffic (Construction, Equipment and Use of Vehicles) Regulations 1963, SI No. 190 of 1963, prohibits the use in a public place of a vehicle which causes excessive noise. In this respect, the regulations do not specifically mention of residential areas. Enforcement of this prohibition is a matter for the Garda Síochána.