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Re:Noise Is All Around Us–and It’s Affecting You More Than Y... by thunfischbrot on Monday May 22, 2023 @11:07AM (#36032413)
This happens regardless of the noise the motorcycle is emitting though. In slow traffic, the advantages of noise are low. At speed, you can't hear the engine of the bike before its too late. Cars are way too well isolated nowadays for the noise to be a major factor in collisions with bikes in my experience.
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Re:Noise Is All Around Us–and It’s Affecting You More Than Y... by dan-robertson on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @02:39AM (#36040723)
I’m not trying to claim that the loudness theory is correct. If I try to imagine what it’s like to be a biker who has had one or several near-misses/accidents due to careless drivers, whose biker friends espouse the loudness theory, it’s pretty easy for me to see that person feeling a louder bike would be better.
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