Since the last 24 hours have had nothing but troll posts (and one that a user deleted; dunno what that one was), here’s my latest gripe / reason I’m tired shaped into the form of an Unpopular Opinion. Hopefully this gets us back on track.

Nobody is impressed by you revving your engine at a stop light and cranking out 300 dB of noise from your fart cannon at 3 in the morning (or any time of day, for that matter). There is also no reason to peel out from the stop light when the next light is 2 blocks away and guaranteed to be red. e.g. We left the first red light at the same time. I drove normally, you like an asshole, and we both stopped at the next light all the same.

Driving an (intentionally) obnoxiously loud vehicle, especially driving it aggressively, should result in immediate revocation of license and the offending vehicle crushed into a cube. As much as I hate vague “disturbing the peace” laws, this seems like a good use for them (where noise ordinances don’t exist).

I don’t care about the extra 1-2 HP you get. Do tell me all the (street legal) things your pavement princess of a truck is going to do with that (I can see it has neither the tow package nor a speck of dirt on the tires). If you just like the sound and think I should get over it, allow me to come fart near you. If you don’t like the smell, by your logic, that’s on you: get over it.

Note: It may be a regional thing, but this is definitely an unpopular opinion in my (very redneck) area.

  • @elrik
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    58 months ago

    Agree. I can only hope it gets less common as electric vehicles become more common. Although, I could also see them adding aftermarket noisemakers just to be obnoxious.

    • @[email protected]
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      28 months ago

      One of the things I love about my electric motorcycle is how quiet it is. I can ride around without annoying people with obnoxious noise.

      I have to add that I don’t mind the sound of most (unmodded) exhausts, but I can’t also imagine that when you love in a region that’s popular among motorcyclist, it becomes quite annoying when you can’t enjoy the good weather outside without near constant noise.

    • Admiral PatrickOPM
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      28 months ago

      Some electric cars do have noisemakers (for safety). I could see those being modded to sound obnoxious, though. lol

    • @LifeOfChance
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      28 months ago

      That’s already happening. Saw a couple at some car shows.