CHeil402
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- Chris
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You may be technically correct (which we all know is the best kind of correct), but I'd be very hesitant to disable the sounds as much as I dislike them. I think that's a legal gray area at best. As you pointed out there are states that do annual inspections (PA included) where this could be on their checklist. Regardless, if you did disable it and hit a pedestrian, there would certainly be a willful negligence argument to be made.I suppose it could depend on the state, but the regulation requiring Ford to have the noise is a federal law that mandates what goes into cars offered for sale in the US. The law does not apply to consumers. States pass laws about what is required for a vehicle to be operated on public roadways. No state that I am aware of mandates that the pedestrian noise maker operate to be legal to operate on public streets. On top of that, if a state did mandate it, how would you get caught? Some states do safety inspections, so it's possible it could get caught in that process but daily driving the cops aren't going to be listening out to see if your pedestrian noise is working under 20 mph or whatever the speed threshold is
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