The smoke coming out of a coal powerplant exists for a good reason. Its still pollution. The fire alarm example is a bad one. They don't go off hundreds of tim

The smoke coming out of a coal powerplant exists for a good reason. Its still pollution. The fire alarm example is a bad one. They don't go off hundreds of times a day for hours on end. If they did, yes, we'd need a different solution. The construction project across my street has been going on for 6 years. 6 years of beep beep beep beep. There is technology and solutions that serve the same safety purpose but do it better. We can use directional beeper alarms, they can use different noise patterns and frequencies that are more easily blocked by windows and are easier to hear by people near by. They don't need to be as loud, too. There's no reason a backup alarm needs to be audible from 5 blocks in FRONT of the truck when its going BACKWARD. > Don't show up mid-construction and ask people to disable the safety alarms. What kind of strawman is this? Folks are asking for better safety code so that future construction can be handled safer with less disturbance. Not asking for a truck on a construction site right now turn off the alarm.