> We should not remove longstanding and effective safety features because their sound is displeasing to people far outside the zone of danger. Put up noise abat

> We should not remove longstanding and effective safety features because their sound is displeasing to people far outside the zone of danger. Put up noise abatement fences. From the article: "Those who first mandated the beep thought it was good that it was annoying and impossible to ignore — and thus went for a distance. Because it "travels" like this, on any construction site (or near one) you are hearing them all the time. You become used to them and even start to ignore them, and that is why people still get crushed." The argument isn't about removing the sound but making it less intrusive and more effective at its job. Even in your example of police sirens there was a recent study posted on HN which concluded that loud emergency vehicle sirens causes panic in motorists leading them to make poor snap decisions resulting in accidents.