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Noise from vehicles in North America is incessant and pretty much not regulated/enforced whatsoever. Even electric vehicles are just as loud at speeds greater t
by zip1234 6y ago
Noise from vehicles in North America is incessant and pretty much not regulated/enforced whatsoever. Even electric vehicles are just as loud at speeds greater than about ~30 mph. You can hear it all hours of the day if you are within several miles of an interstate.
- bobthepanda 6y agoAbove a certain speed the main sounds you're hearing are tires against the road surface. At low speeds engine noise and braking are predominant, and the former for electric is actually a problem because people are used to hearing the sound of ICE cars when judging to cross the street. The worst bit is that sound walls, at least the ones deployed in America, do not even really fix the problem, because they can reflect sound (so they may reduce immediate area noise but increase it farther away). You would probably want something pretty much like a tunnel.