Noise Sensitivity: Blog about those trucks going beep beep b

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Having been woken up by a truck backing up and going "beep beep beep," I Googled the issue and I found this:

https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/communi ... ep.101931/

It's from some discussion site for pilots, from 2017. I was just relieved to read anyone else discussing this. Especially the part about how the trucks seem to back up more often than they go forward. The writer suggests that with modern technology, there are better solutions that don't involve bombarding countless people who are in no danger with constant piercing alarms designed to make them agitated. Unfortunately, some people in the website's comments are very dismissive, saying it's just an "inconvenience" and we've just got to live with this horrid noise forever because it's the only solution.

It's a terrible sound. Piercing.

It's the second worst possible outcome of a truck backing up.

Someone getting squished would of course be worse.

Have you heard Amazon trucks back up? Those are even worse.

I think they're deliberately being obnoxious though. It's like people who take out their mufflers just to get attention, even if that attention is a lot of middle fingers.

Speaking from experience, people straight-pipe their cars for themselves, not for other people. There's few experiences more viscerally enjoyable than driving a straight-piped car with no sound-deadening and no stereo, especially when you can see fireballs spitting out the exhaust.

The idea that it's for other people is nothing more than a dumb meme spread among people who don't actually get it. Because they don't get it they can't offer any worthwhile insights, hence the lack of informed insight within the meme.

Nonetheless, there's also few experiences more viscerally deplorable than having to stand on the sidewalk as your body vibrates and slowly liquefies from the horrific rumbling suggestive of an earthquake or dangerously low-flying plane. It's one of the most inconsiderate things a person can do.

You're entitled to not like it, but the whole pretending like it's for attention is just an admission of not understanding the appeal.

So long as one isn't breaking the law it's really not their problem what the small minority of people who hate it think. Most people don't love or hate loud exhausts. They're not as fond of them as I am and they're not as bothered by them as you are. That majority is who's opinion ultimately matters when deciding what the limit ought to be.

The limit can't be too low because that just punishes people who can't afford to fix exhaust leaks and similar. My car wasn't straight piped because I chose to, it was straight piped because the exhaust and cat had separated. It stayed that way for ages because I could never prioritize fixing it over my necessities. Prioritizing the feelings of people who hate loud cars is a luxury that I couldn't afford and feel no obligation to consider.

Some limit has to exist otherwise a few people will start making things as loud as humanly possible.

I wouldn't say I was "pretending", maybe I was making an assumption I shouldn't have made. And yes, I'll admit I don't understand the appeal, but appeal for one person is not worth misery for everyone else.

I'm very skeptical of your claim that people who hate it are a "small minority". I complain about this pretty regularly and I've never had anyone try to defend it. Anyway, you seem to be suggesting no one should care about small minorities. Autistic people are a small minority, so why should anyone else care about our problems? Babies are a small minority--why do we work so hard for them?

I understand that some people can't afford to fix it--although that is itself a problem. I'm mainly focused on the people who choose to do it.

Regarding pretending, you're not the only person I've seen offer that take and I've encountered people who insist on offering it even after being informed otherwise. Pretend seems like an appropriate word to describe the belief after the person has been informed of the actual motive.

It's rare for a small minority to effectively prioritize their issues. This is especially true when valid reasons exist to not give attention to those issues, like this specific one.

Some people hate bright colours but we wouldn't ban bright colours to accommodate those people's sensitivities, we'd tell them it's a them issue.

As for people not defending it, if you start by smearing anyone who enjoys loud exhausts as an as*hole it's possible people who might otherwise defend that cause choose to not engage with the judgment person who just insisted they're an as*hole. Why would they? What benefit will come from engaging with someone who's already decided you're an as*hole who needs to be punished?