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I think we very much ignore the massive negative impact noise makes on our society. ICE vehicles create lots of noise that is massively disrupting our sleep in

I think we very much ignore the massive negative impact noise makes on our society. ICE vehicles create lots of noise that is massively disrupting our sleep in cities. Quieter cities should have a good increase in health as our citizens sleep more soundly.

gridlockd 7y ago
I can't say that the sound of ICEs bothers me much. I can say that about police/ambulance sirens, tire screeches or random idiots shouting nonsense.
- _delirium 7y ago
  A least where I live, there is a ton of honking, too, usually for pretty trivial reasons, which is a bigger contribution of cars to noise pollution than their actual engines. I wish it cost $0.50 or something to honk a car horn.
  - zachwood 7y ago
    Easy fix is to make the sound of the horn as loud inside the cabin as it is outside. Those things are absolutely deafening.
- WorldMaker 7y ago
  I have a problem sometimes with late night "drag races" where two or more ICE vehicles decide that the relatively straight streets of a downtown grid are perfect for aggressively and loudly over-revving some engines then blasting down the street as loudly and presumably violently as possible. Admittedly, my building is at the first traffic light of the straight part of the (one-way) Main St. Potential plans to restore two-way flow to such a street might lessen that somewhat, but I assume random idiots with what look like clear streets will continue to love showing off how loud their ICE engines get doing stupid stunts.
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- asdff 7y ago
  For me it's the constant construction around here. Workers seem to start at dawn. Some days it will be a jackhammer, on more benevolent days you only hear general noise and the reverse beeps from some massive construction vehicle.
Fradow 7y ago
I agree very much, and not only for the sleeping part. My girlfriend suffer from hyperacusis. Loud ICE vehicles, especially two-wheeled one (there are a lot where we live) cause her physical pain. It's a relief when a vehicle starts and there is almost no noise. We really wish the emissions and noise would go inside the rider lungs and ears. People would be much faster to make the switch to cleaner, less noisy vehicles.

gridlockd 7y ago

I can't say that the sound of ICEs bothers me much. I can say that about police/ambulance sirens, tire screeches or random idiots shouting nonsense.

_delirium 7y ago
A least where I live, there is a ton of honking, too, usually for pretty trivial reasons, which is a bigger contribution of cars to noise pollution than their actual engines. I wish it cost $0.50 or something to honk a car horn.
- zachwood 7y ago
  Easy fix is to make the sound of the horn as loud inside the cabin as it is outside. Those things are absolutely deafening.
WorldMaker 7y ago
I have a problem sometimes with late night "drag races" where two or more ICE vehicles decide that the relatively straight streets of a downtown grid are perfect for aggressively and loudly over-revving some engines then blasting down the street as loudly and presumably violently as possible. Admittedly, my building is at the first traffic light of the straight part of the (one-way) Main St. Potential plans to restore two-way flow to such a street might lessen that somewhat, but I assume random idiots with what look like clear streets will continue to love showing off how loud their ICE engines get doing stupid stunts.
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asdff 7y ago
For me it's the constant construction around here. Workers seem to start at dawn. Some days it will be a jackhammer, on more benevolent days you only hear general noise and the reverse beeps from some massive construction vehicle.

Fradow 7y ago

I agree very much, and not only for the sleeping part. My girlfriend suffer from hyperacusis. Loud ICE vehicles, especially two-wheeled one (there are a lot where we live) cause her physical pain. It's a relief when a vehicle starts and there is almost no noise. We really wish the emissions and noise would go inside the rider lungs and ears. People would be much faster to make the switch to cleaner, less noisy vehicles.