Sound is annoying but exhaust in general sucks. One thing that was amazing around april or may of 2020 was how clean the air smelt for a brief time.
But the whistles go WOO WOOOOOO!
Sound pollution is a legit thing.
Yes, and it’s really bad for people: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/24/noise-pollution-harms-health-of-millions-across-europe-report-finds
I got an EV so that means i am the smart
I’d say it’s a curve.
This could be log scale. Or inverse log idk which way you want the curve to be
dB is already log scale
meanwhile IQ is not linear or log
Boring response: I mean, dB is calculated as a function of log, but when it’s on the X axis I imagine it’s typically displayed linearly
Funny response: loglog
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There is a house in my neighborhood with your picturesque suburban short king that has a white Chevy Tahoe with the loud muffler setup! As annoying as it is on performance cars, I kinda get it. But in a family SUV? Dumbest thing I’ve ever seen. And he revs it in front of middle school kids waiting for the bus to boot. What a sad little man.
Yea well those performance cars are also not street legal lol
Though I see a reason in there
If it’s on an SUV… Fuck off with your loud shit bro.
Also just loudness is nasty. The sound itself must be nice. If it’s not an H pipe I don’t want to hear that shit.
Deleting cats can be illegal depending on state but trust me there are plenty of legal, loud exhausts
I don’t think dB is a linear scale, so it would be weird if it increases in step with IQ dropping.
As sound pressure levels increase exponentially, perceived loudness increases linearly. That’s why the dB is used.
Doesn’t apply to some rockets. NASA vs Space Sex rockets.
I mean this is especially valid if you look at measured exhaust noise. Many people have cars that CAN make a lot of sound(if they use it for racing for example) but CHOOSE not to make a lot of sound to not ruin peoples days. The one big problem with this is that cheap motorbikes, which is something you would 100% use because theres no better public transit alternative, are also really loud.
I wanted to be high IQ on this graph so I started walking everywhere. But I still have noisy exhaust.
Stop eating Chipotle
In the next stage, you can gradually increase and decrease your speed, switching from walking to running and back again if you want.
I’ve seen data from Austria indicating that 70% of vehicles exceeding legal noise levers are motorbikes, 20% are cars, 10% are trucks and busses. Vast majority of loud vehicles are modified in purpose to make more noise.
Also, loud vehicles will not pass annual technical checks so people put in legal exhaust for the check and then put the illegal, loud one in again. This has nothing to do with people not having money to fix their cars/motorbikes and everything with low IQ street racing sub-culture.
I drive an EV, so I’m super smart! /s
you simply don’t understand
Fuck all the cars, regardless of how obnoxiously loud they are.
