Usually when someone gets a ticket for loud exhaust around my part of VA, it's because they're car has painted-black steelies, an aluminum spoiler, color matched mirrors, racing stripes, side skirts and brake calipers that DON'T match the OEM color of the rest of the car. IMO, those cars scream "pull me over and harass me".

Cops don't seem to give a #$%! around here. Most exhausts aren't all that loud when driven like an adult. If I wound my car to 8000RPMs in every gear, then I'd expect to get tickets for lots of stuff.