Huntington Beach is teaming up with other coastal cities to more aggressively enforce illegally-modified vehicle exhausts. During a May 3 presentation to the Huntington Beach city council, police Chief Julian Harvey outlined the city’s ongoing problem with cars and motorcycles with modified exhausts, and how police intend to discourage the practice. “Every city police chief that I’ve talked to… is impacted by this epidemic,” he said. Coastal cities are affected to a greater degree than other areas, he said, because of the iconic coastline and destinations along the Pacific Coast Highway. Cars and motorcyclists with modified exhausts can be excessively loud, diminishing the residential quality of life and visitor experience, Harvey said. He said many local businesses suffer losses from the noise pollution produced by modified exhausts “as pedestrians and other shoppers might avoid an entire area if there is a long line of cars or motorcycles that are demonstrating their vehicle’s ability to create a lot of undue noise.” Councilmember Barbara Delgleize said …