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- Since the beginning of the year, the Solothurn canton police have seized 65 vehicles known as “auto-posers”. That’s almost double what it was last year.
- The police take specific action against “Poser”. But there are also more noise complaints from the population, according to the expert.
- Confiscated cars are reviewed. Owners must have their vehicle properly prepared before they can drive it again.
More cars were seized in 2019 than in the previous year, explains Dominic Jakob, chief of traffic technology for the Solothurn canton police. 65 vehicles now nearly doubled. As in other cantons, this year the Solothurn police are targeting drivers who cause unnecessary noise with their cars.
Most of the time, during post-inspection, the exhaust system is found to be out of compliance with regulations, says Jakob. One of the many possibilities for generating more noise is to remove the catalytic converter or install an electronic valve control for the exhaust.
Solothurn Police will continue to target “Auto-Poser.” For this, personnel have been trained and special technical equipment has been purchased, explains Dominic Jakob.
This year, the Solothurn canton police, according to their own information, filed 165 criminal charges in relation to the “self-impostor.” In 90 cases this was due to unnecessary noise (revving the engine, driving at high revs in low gears), 75 reports were due to unauthorized modifications to the vehicle.
