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What noise annoys you the most? (reddthat.com)
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[–] 53 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Easily the assholes on motorbikes who go out of their way to be as noisy as possible and cause a whole row of houses to vibrate tangibly.

At my last place I used to wake up 2-3 times a night from this.

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  • [–] 32 points 4 months ago

    Oof, phuck!

    A couple years ago, we had a downstairs apartment neighbor with a fast and very loud motorcycle, that he would literally park inside his apartment, and he'd make a point to rev it up right when he returned or left from his front door..

    I confronted him, from a slight distance from our front balcony (he stayed on ground level). Anyways, I kinda lied to him, but not very rude, but I firmly spoke..

    "Sir, we'd appreciate if you wouldn't rev your motorcycle up like that, it's scaring our dog."

    That motherfucker had the nerve to threaten me, but I stood behind my words, with witnesses around no less. The lie, for whatever reason, the sound actually didn't scare our dog, but that was my lie, and I was sticking to it.

    Well guess what? Within less than a month, apparently one of the other neighbors had that asshole evicted... 👍

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    I'll never understand this. Motorcycles are fantastic vehicles (fossil fuel issues aside) -- they're agile, fast, and exhilarating. But none of that enjoyment comes from the noise they make; removing your muffler is purely a selfish, "look at me!" exercise.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    There's a saying in the motorcycle community: "loud pipes save lives". In other words, cars only notice motorcycles when they can hear them.

    Personally, I think that was often used as an excuse for having an obnoxiously loud motorcycle. But, I've also seen first-hand how oblivious drivers are. I think Harleys are stupid. They're a way to get middle-aged dentists to part with their money and to make them feel bad-ass. But, I think that annoying sound does mean that they get noticed, which probably helps keep them alive. I'm convinced that there are riders who have died on electric motorcycles because a car turned into them because the driver never looked to see if there was anything there.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    I think you're on the money here, both in that "loud pipes save lives" is a poor excuse for unreasonably loud bikes -- since it's the use of the throttle as a kind of soft horn in traffic that achieves this effect, and that's possible with virtually any ICE motorcycle -- and that this isn't possible with electric bikes, which adds a risk. In either case, it doesn't serve as a defense for increasing the volume of regular motorcycles.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    I think the argument is that it acts as a sort of "passive horn". That merely by being near a car you'll be noticed if you have a motorcycle with loud pipes.

    It's somewhat true of all ICE motorcycles. They're not silent. But, are they loud enough to wake a driver up out of a daze and cause them to notice the bike?

    An electric motorcycle won't be noticed at all through the noise it makes. It might not be that different from a properly silenced ICE bike.

    In any case, it's sad that we're in a situation where a driver whose brain isn't engaged with what's going on around him can kill a motorcyclist through inattention.

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