I think this is a really bad idea unless paired with some regime that penalizes inappropiate use of alarms - and most societies don't treat noise pollution as a real problem. For example, people honk all the time even when there are no safety issues. Or have misconfigured home/car alarms. Outlawing using ANC for blocking "fake alarms" only makes the problem worse.

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47282847 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> some regime that penalizes inappropiate use of alarms

Legally, use of horns in traffic is restricted, and abuse can be punished. Doesn’t keep people from honking all the time.

	▲	apothegm 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It’s thoroughly unenforced, which is the problem. Tho I like the proposal to require that manufacturers design car horns to sound as loudly inside the cabin as outside. Might make a dent.

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soco 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

No honk in Switzerland, some honk in Romania, all honk in India. There's no one rule to rule them all.

	▲	yreg 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I've recently visited the southern US (Texas, Louisiana and such) and I was very surprised about the lack of honking. When I returned to Europe I've felt like in India. I myself pretty much never honk. I understand honking makes sense on narrow bendy roads like in the mountains, where you need to alert the drivers behind the corner, but I don't see any other legitimate reasons to be honest.