Car Week enforcement · Monterey Bay
Where they're cracking down
Four peninsula cities go zero-tolerance for Car Week — license-plate readers, court-ready exhaust sound meters, and a hard parking ban at Bixby Bridge. Here's where the heat is, and how to stay out of it.
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What they're watching
- Loud or modified exhaust — Seaside's meter is court-ready
- Every plate, read and shared between departments
- Speeding, speed contests, and exhibition of speed
- Parking — enforced hard everywhere all August, not just here
How to be fine
- Park legally and walk in — Carmel tows fast
- Keep it under 95 dB; fix the exhaust before you come
- No speed contests — it's arrest + a 30-day impound
- Shoot Bixby from Hurricane Point, not the bridge
Parking is enforced everywhere in August — take it as a given. The zones above are where the crackdown is heaviest, but meters, permits, tow-away zones and street-sweeping rules are in force county-wide all month, not just on the map. Park legal wherever you are.
Sources: Monterey / Seaside / Carmel PD Car Week releases, the county Bixby parking ordinance, and Flock transparency portals — each zone's callout on the map links its own source. Tap any outline or pin for the detail.