About once an hour a motorcycle would drive by so loud it would set off multiple car alarms that would then blare for ten to fifteen minutes.
This might sound very annoying.
But after countless months of this your mortal coil just dissolves into an entity of pure hatred and you completely transcend the material plane.
Within 2 days the screeching and grinding metal cacophony every few minutes had faded into the background and I had to mentally tune in to hear them again.
When it comes to life and death on a motorcycle, the precautionary principle applies- anything that makes you more conspicuous is generally safer. I'd trust my own intuition over the unreliable state of scientific research on the matter.
Sorry to call you out, but this is incredibly selfish. Your own intuition leads to negative externalities for others that you simply ignore, even when presented with evidence.
Riding a motorcycle is not a necessity and not a right. You should be more considerate of others and listen to the evidence that loud pipes do not save lives.
But still: Downvoted for the class-hate.
Why do people have to make it about political camps instead of just engaging with basic comapssion for those whose communities/homes are close to the roads?
You'd be amazed by the diversity of groups affected by it: Live in a "marginalized community"? It's probably a backup for traffic planners to divert cargo through (i.e. train lines, highways, airport close by). Live in a scenic area? Enjoy the exhaust pipes of road-trippers every weekend. etc.
His point was also literally the same thing you are saying.