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> Trucks that make a shrill beep-beep-beep when they go in reverse. Trucks can't see directly behind them; the sound is so that pedestrians notice the truck ba
by jfim 8y ago
> Trucks that make a shrill beep-beep-beep when they go in reverse.
Trucks can't see directly behind them; the sound is so that pedestrians notice the truck backing up so that they don't get hit or crushed by the truck.
> It's tragedy of the commons where the commons is the air space.
Agreed. There should be a tax applied that's proportional to the level of annoyance generated by such things.
- Nasrudith 8y agoI wonder about how well back up cameras would work now as an alternative. Although ironically I know of some cars with back up cameras that added a back-up beep - at least internally.
- piinbinary 8y agoI'd really love to get to design cities. Besides things like favoring walking/biking over cars and maximizing both density and green space, it would be lovely to ban leaf blowers and truck reverse beeps (and mufflerless motor cycles, cars with loud bass, etc). Perhaps the large trucks could drop things off at the edge of the city, and from there smaller, electric, beepless trucks could bring goods the rest of the way in.