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Re:Is Am Radio Dead? by BeetleB on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @12:27PM (#34598254)
> On the other, companies like Tesla stopped shipping AM radio entirely, and if you want to add it on, they'll gladly retrofit your EV for $500.

Reason #27 for not buying a Tesla. When you're on the highway and see the flashing lights saying "Tune to 520 AM for adverse road conditions" what are you going to do?

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Re:Is Am Radio Dead? by jdminhbg on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @01:13PM (#34599146)
> When you're on the highway and see the flashing lights saying "Tune to 520 AM for adverse road conditions" what are you going to do?

Look at Waze to see what's actually happening, like I always do.

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Re:Is Am Radio Dead? by BeetleB on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @01:39PM (#34599644)
Usually these signs are on interstates in the middle of nowhere (e.g. mountain/forest/desert). It's not unusual not to have a signal.

And frankly, even if you did have a signal, it's not likely Waze will be of much help. There are often few travelers on that road, and chances are none of them is using Waze.

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Re:Is Am Radio Dead? by Scoundreller on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @06:12PM (#34603722)
How do the signs get the updates? Could be satellite but it’s probably 3G/LTE unless someone is manually setting it, but then it’s probably made it’s way into Waze when it was last online.
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Re:Is Am Radio Dead? by buildsjets on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @04:35PM (#34602542)
The same thing I've done when I've seen such a sign at any time in the past 52 years. Completely ignore it.
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Re:Is Am Radio Dead? by BeetleB on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @05:57PM (#34603561)
Let me give you a real scenario. I was entering a hilly/mountainous region, and the sign said "Tune in to AM 520 for rock slide information when lights are flashing" and the lights were flashing. You're just going to ignore that?
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Re:Is Am Radio Dead? by kortilla on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @09:27PM (#34605555)
Yes, you’ll find out when you get there. If it’s dangerous they’ll close the road.
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Re:Is Am Radio Dead? by buildsjets on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @11:47PM (#34606499)
Yes, that is exactly what I, and most other people, would do. Do you REALLY believe that anything other than a minuscule percent of drivers would tune into such a warning? I doubt that even one out of a hundred would.

US2 over Stevens Pass near me has a similar useless warning that some miniscule percent of drivers ever tune in to. The AM radio broadcast us just going to say to use caution because rocks may appear on the roadway unexpectedly. A normal person is able to infer that caution is needed based on the terrain and the “rock slide information broadcast” sign.

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Re:Is Am Radio Dead? by rootusrootus on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @05:50PM (#34603481)
> Reason #27 for not buying a Tesla.

It's not a Tesla thing, really, it's an EV thing. You'll have to stick with ICEV for the foreseeable future if you need access to AM. The electric motors cause a lot of interference.

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Re:Is Am Radio Dead? by Thrymr on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @07:29PM (#34604492)
It's not that simple. Ford, GM, Hyundai and Kia at least have figured out how to put an AM radio in an EV. Tesla and some European EVs don't have AM radios[0].

[0] https://www.thedrive.com/news/heres-why-some-automakers-tune...

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