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Old 16th September 2019, 21:36   #1
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Harley Davidson Road Glide rider fined for playing music

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With the new MV Act in place, a lot of posts showing absurd challan amounts are going viral on the Internet. The police have become a lot of stricter after the new amended MV Act is in effect. Recently, an owner of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle was stopped by the Delhi Police and was fined for playing music on his Harley Davidson RoadGlide Special. He was also fined for other things but exact details are not known yet.



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With the new MV Act in place, a lot of posts showing absurd challan amounts are going viral on the Internet. The police have become a lot of stricter after the new amended MV Act is in effect. Recently, an owner of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle was stopped by the Delhi Police and was fined for playing music on his Harley Davidson RoadGlide Special. He was also fined for other things but exact details are not known yet.
As per Raghav Swati Puri, the owner of the motorcycle, he was riding the new Harley-Davidson RoadGlide around the Tilak Nagar area of the city. The motorcycle was registered on 22nd August, which barely makes it one month old. He says that he was riding the motorcycle with the helmet on and music playing. As he moved after the traffic signal turned green, he was stopped by a cop and was asked for the driving licence. When Raghav asked why he was stopped, the cops replied that the ACP, Tilak Nagar PS is in the car and he has to show the documents of the bike to him or come to the police station.


he cops claimed that the bike’s saddlebags and the speakers are aftermarket accessories and Raghav has modified the motorcycle. Even though Raghav showed the video of the RoadGlide Special on the Indian website to the cops present at the spot, they did not listen at all. As per Raghav, they said that the bike is illegal and is not in stock form. The cops and the owner then argued after which he was asked to come to the police station. At the Tilak Nagar Police Station, the cops played the music at full volume on the motorcycle and issued a challan for playing music on the motorcycle.


After getting a fine for playing music on the motorcycle, Raghav tried contacting Delhi traffic police through the social media and also through email. However, they only replied on the social media and gave a number of the Traffic Inspector of Tilak Nagar area. They did not answer Raghav’s question any further.


The 2019 Harley Davidson RoadGlide Special is a fully imported model and the on-road price is more than Rs 40 lakhs. The motorcycle gets Boom! Box GTS infotainment system that offers a coloured instrument cluster and a 2-speakers of 25 watts each. It should be noted that there are quite a few models that offer such stock speaker system on the motorcycle including Harley-Davidson and Indian. However, such a fine for playing music on the motorcycle has happened for the first time in the country.


Source: https://www.cartoq.com/harley-davids...playing-music/
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Old 18th September 2019, 12:34   #2
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Re: Harley Davidson Road Glide rider fined for playing music

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Pruthi told the cops that the speakers and saddlebags were pre-installed. Despite that, the ACP Tilak Nagar and SI kept saying "it is an illegal bike you can’t ride this bike you need permission." Pruthi showed the product page of the Road Glide Special on Harley-Davidson India's website, citing that it was a stock machine with no modifications. Pruthi said the cops denied and he was hurt when the police said, "challan this bike and get your targets done."
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Re: Harley Davidson Road Glide rider fined for playing music

The rider had written to HD India on this, and received the below response.

(Message received forwarded in biking groups. Believe it is authentic due to the rider's email ID, which I've trimmed here with due respect to his privacy)

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The rider had written to HD India on this, and received the below response.

(Message received forwarded in biking groups. Believe it is authentic due to the rider's email ID, which I've trimmed here with respect to his privacy)

If either of these components of a motorcycle:
1. Speaker
2. Horn
3. Engine
4. Exhaust

emit sound (individually or together) which exceeds 80dB, it is an offence as per the law?

If so, since homologation in India wasn't required as the bike is a CBU, is that not an exception to the law? CBU bikes should not be fined at all, perhaps?

And if one drives a car with the windows down with music playing at full volume, one can be fairly certain that it will exceed the relevant limits - so should one never play music with the windows down?

So what is the fact - can someone here dissect this reply from HD from a legal perspective?

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Re: Harley Davidson Road Glide rider fined for playing music

So it has happened ... again.
Cops misusing the rules to satisfy their own goals and objectives.

The owners of such bikes definitely have the might (based on their purchasing power) should be able to take these miscreants to court.
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