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Cars have horns. Note that I'm not advocating for adding noise to these things. I'm just trying to point out that there's a status-quo bias where we're willing
by OscarCunningham 7y ago
Cars have horns.
Note that I'm not advocating for adding noise to these things. I'm just trying to point out that there's a status-quo bias where we're willing to retain unnecessary noise but not to create it.
- multjoy 7y agoTurns out that by removing it, we’ve discovered that the noise is necessary. You only sound a horn if the driver thinks it is needed, whereas pedestrians & other vulnerable road users are making all sorts of judgements using audio clues that the drivers are completely unaware of.
- Youcandothis 7y agoI don't think noise is necessary. It's only that people are used to noise. I usually wear sound isolating earphones outdors, so I don't hear cars as much now. But to compensate for that I look more around. That's something everyone could learn. Exception is those that are blind, but I think they should be able to get some help from technology to warn them from cars.
- OscarCunningham 7y agoI think my preferred policy would be to mandate this noise for now and then slowly quieten it as people got used to quieter cars.