<story><title>Electric cars: New vehicles to emit noise to aid safety</title><url>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48815968</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>0xcoffee</author><text>I saw this posted on HN before and it received a lot of negative feedback, so I would like to offer a positive experience.&lt;p&gt;I live in the Netherlands and there are electric cars here that already make these sounds. Its like a really faint &amp;#x27;vmmm&amp;#x27; found. Its great because when I&amp;#x27;m cycling I can hear a car coming up behind me, but its still way softer then regular car sounds so its still a decrease in night noise pollution vs regular cars (the &amp;#x27;vmmm&amp;#x27; is really soft and doesn&amp;#x27;t carry far).&lt;p&gt;I also noticed it already when walking around parking lots, if there wasn&amp;#x27;t a &amp;#x27;vmmm&amp;#x27; i would never realize that there are cars driving around. Sound really is one of the most important senses for situational awareness.&lt;p&gt;(I live in the City where cars crawl around slowly so the sounds are active)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ChuckMcM</author><text>It would be both fun and annoying if people start customizing the sounds their car make as they drive by. I could see the passing star destroyer sound as pretty cool but a recreation of the Harley-Davidson rumble as annoying.</text></comment>
<story><title>Electric cars: New vehicles to emit noise to aid safety</title><url>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48815968</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>0xcoffee</author><text>I saw this posted on HN before and it received a lot of negative feedback, so I would like to offer a positive experience.&lt;p&gt;I live in the Netherlands and there are electric cars here that already make these sounds. Its like a really faint &amp;#x27;vmmm&amp;#x27; found. Its great because when I&amp;#x27;m cycling I can hear a car coming up behind me, but its still way softer then regular car sounds so its still a decrease in night noise pollution vs regular cars (the &amp;#x27;vmmm&amp;#x27; is really soft and doesn&amp;#x27;t carry far).&lt;p&gt;I also noticed it already when walking around parking lots, if there wasn&amp;#x27;t a &amp;#x27;vmmm&amp;#x27; i would never realize that there are cars driving around. Sound really is one of the most important senses for situational awareness.&lt;p&gt;(I live in the City where cars crawl around slowly so the sounds are active)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>benoliver999</author><text>If you live in a city in the Netherlands, you are surely used to 90% of vehicles (as in, bikes) not making a sound?</text></comment>