lol.

that's like harley riders with unmuffled motors "for safety".

On the other hand, I remember being in japan and watching some construction vehicles in tokyo. They were surprisingly quiet. After a while I realized what it was - in the united states all construction vehicles have these annoying "beep-beep-beep" sounds while they're working (for safety).

I wonder if one day they can play those only when someone walks nearby or play in some technologically quieter way.

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ArnoVW 9 hours ago | parent [-]

In France I see (and hear) more and more use of a special type of warning device, "le cri de lynx" that reduces sonic pollution by building sites.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BljL3XO0fyg&pp=0gcJCTIBo7VqN5t...

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lostlogin 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Sadly I don’t speak French and Searching for whatever this is isn’t working.

If it’s noise cancelling it sounds amazing.

Can you further expand?

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tom_ 4 hours ago | parent [-]

It's the noise you hear at about the one minute mark when the digger is reversing: https://youtu.be/BljL3XO0fyg?t=59

Actual cri du lynx: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtsdVQWGibQ

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lostlogin 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Oh this is horrible.

We don’t want people run over by reversing vehicles, but also, if I had to listen to that every day, I’d leap in front of them.

	▲	slobotron 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		IMO, in person it's much nicer on the ears than the old single-tone beep that they used to have. It's less jarring and easier to locate where the noise is coming from, ye olde beep seemed to come from everywhere at once.