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There's a key relationship you're missing here. The closer a car is to humans, the slower it will drive. The slower it drives, the more important engine noise i
by Mawr 3y ago
There's a key relationship you're missing here. The closer a car is to humans, the slower it will drive. The slower it drives, the more important engine noise is.
A car going 50km/h+ is on some sort of a highway, where noise and pollution are less relevant. It's the cars going <50km/h on residential streets that cause problems.
Empirically, engine noise dominates then. The difference between ICEs and EVs passing by is staggeringly obvious.
- thsksbd 3y ago>50 km/hr inside cities is very common nowadays, especially in N. america. I attribute it to two factors: - wide streets - modern cars' excellent isolation from the external environment. You don't hear the speed. You don't feel the speed. You feel all snuggled, safe and tight (seatbelts).
- Mawr 3y agoIt's the stroads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORzNZUeUHAM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORzNZUeUHAM ("Stroads are Ugly, Expensive, and Dangerous (and they're everywhere) [ST05]") Turns out when you design a road for high-speed driving, people will drive fast on it.