• halfelfhalfreindeer@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Why on earth would anyone oppose this? The only people who gain are companies who are ok with distracting you so that you pay attention to their commercial.

    • PlaidBaron@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      It is my god given right as a free American to have a heart attack because I heard a loud honk, die at the wheel, take out a family in a minivan, careen off a cliff, and land through the roof of the Walmart off the interstate.

    • oddMinus1@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I think the challenge would be to come up with the definition of “siren”- or “car horn”-sound. While some are obvious, there are a ton of songs that feature air horns, sirens or other light disturbing noises. Would it have to match a spectrogram of siren noises to be illegal? Does the decibel gauge the legality?

      I think there is a ton that’s going to fall within the gray area, and it will ensue a lot of lawsuits.

      Not that I disagree that it should be illegal, but I think the law would be complicated to define.