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Maybe if drivers didn't want their hearing damaged they'd push for horns that were quieter outside the car too. After all the parent's comment merely says that
by bobbylarrybobby 4y ago
Maybe if drivers didn't want their hearing damaged they'd push for horns that were quieter outside the car too. After all the parent's comment merely says that horns should be as loud inside the car as outside — not louder. Currently, horns are externalized and so drivers don't care how loud they are. By internalizing the cost, they'd care enough to lower it. Or go deaf. Their choice. But at least it's a choice they'd care about.
- maxerickson 4y agoWhat distance outside the car? Loudness falls off pretty fast.
- zamadatix 4y ago> After all the parent's comment merely says that horns should be as loud inside the car as outside — not louder But this is precisely what makes no sense as the requirement for the high volume never came from how loud it was to the person that hit the horn in the first place. The driver you're trying to signal is going to be inside a vehicle therefore it needs to be loud enough to be heard from inside a vehicle.
- bobbylarrybobby 4y ago> ... is going to be inside a vehicle False
- zamadatix 4y agoThe ability of others to exist outside of a vehicle does not have any implication on whether the other driver is in one regardless of how convenient it would be if it did. Something like https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31309299 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31309299 can be thought of to try to solve both problems instead of limiting good solutions to be only those for a single perspective.