Just a thought about emissions testing for cars.

I hate emissions testing, which must be done on every car in my area, every two years. At the very least, I'd like to see them add a test while they're at it: check for illegally noisy mufflers.

I hate the tuners and wannabes who put exhaust systems on their cars that just produce way too much noise, ruining my ability to quietly enjoy my home, my city, and the outdoors when I'm in the mountains. The worst are the motorcyclists who love their noisy machines so much, regardless of what the rest of us want. Every city has noise ordinances, but they never get enforced.

How about we check the noise levels on those cars while we check pollutants?

CDs listened to today:

• Cuong Vu: Vu-Tet
  
• Claude Debussy: Estampes
• Nick Didkovsky: Amalia's Secret
• Alan Hovhaness: Symphony No. 2 (Mysterious Mountain)
• No Doubt: Tragic Kingdom
• Gustav Mahler: The Symphonies, disk 8