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That must only be comparing standard passenger sedans. I live at the intersection of a busy street and your typical motorized car is barely audible through the

That must only be comparing standard passenger sedans. I live at the intersection of a busy street and your typical motorized car is barely audible through the window. Cars are not the problem. The vehicles that shake the apartment are pickup trucks (low rumble), sport cars (high pitched tear), transport trucks (big rumble), and motorcycles (little explosions that set off car alarms). Electric container trucks would be a huge win for ambient noise.

paganel 10y ago
I also live close to a very busy intersection and I have to agree with you. I'll add though that when you leave your window open then general car noise definitely becomes a problem, and also wanted to add that I for myself would ban honking, it's one of the worst feelings in the world to be woken up at 8 in the morning by guys or ladies honking their car for 5 seconds or more.
- nradov 10y ago
  Honking in non-emergency situations is already banned in most countries. The laws just aren't enforced.
xiphias 10y ago
I lived in an intersection like you and now I have lots of health issues and I'm extra sensitive to smog..it makes life much harder and shortens life-span. All I can say is that it's not worth to live in a place like that...move somewhere else if you can
legulere 10y ago
Yellow lines are trucks and blue lines are cars. The graph actually shows that until around 60 km/h it's mostly the motor noise that's a problem with trucks.
foxylion 10y ago
I'm also living at such a busy street. It's a big difference compared to a house in a quiet street without any traffic. Keeping the window open during night is a huge problem now. In my old home I did that always, now I have to fight against the heat in the rooms or the noise. Also looking a movie with open windows is not much fun. The cars stop at the traffic lights, the engines start crying when the light turns green and I missed part of a dialog... That beeing said, choose your home carefully. Especially when you lived before in a quiet neighborhood.

paganel 10y ago

I also live close to a very busy intersection and I have to agree with you. I'll add though that when you leave your window open then general car noise definitely becomes a problem, and also wanted to add that I for myself would ban honking, it's one of the worst feelings in the world to be woken up at 8 in the morning by guys or ladies honking their car for 5 seconds or more.

nradov 10y ago
Honking in non-emergency situations is already banned in most countries. The laws just aren't enforced.

xiphias 10y ago

I lived in an intersection like you and now I have lots of health issues and I'm extra sensitive to smog..it makes life much harder and shortens life-span. All I can say is that it's not worth to live in a place like that...move somewhere else if you can

legulere 10y ago

Yellow lines are trucks and blue lines are cars. The graph actually shows that until around 60 km/h it's mostly the motor noise that's a problem with trucks.

foxylion 10y ago

I'm also living at such a busy street. It's a big difference compared to a house in a quiet street without any traffic. Keeping the window open during night is a huge problem now. In my old home I did that always, now I have to fight against the heat in the rooms or the noise. Also looking a movie with open windows is not much fun. The cars stop at the traffic lights, the engines start crying when the light turns green and I missed part of a dialog... That beeing said, choose your home carefully. Especially when you lived before in a quiet neighborhood.