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All cars generate noise pollution. Most noise in cars is produced by tyres.

Tyres noises are not what spikes my blood pressure in the middle of the night. Those are engine/tailpipe noises.

Exactly, I live on a very active street and the daily noise is killing me softly. Especially those "punks" with their motorbikes or pimped engines and exhausts.

Silence is a luxury I don't have. Only at night between 2-4AM. I've recently started wearing a full ear headset to dampen some of the noise.

I wish I could just move out, but other flats cost double the price.

Which country? I'm in Japan, and the cult of noisy cars/motorbikes here is both disgusting and hopeless (given the planned disappearance of ICE vehicles), but very ingrained (among both middle-aged and young men). Moreover it's actually illegal (law limits engine noises to 80dB), but police seems to have given up.

Ideally I'd move to a country with more regard towards silence, calm and cardiovascular health of citizens.

Germany, SW part. I think we notice because both our countries are rather small and have a high population density.

Yes, and moreover both countries have a strong and historical ICE automotive industry...

Which can explain a large part of the conservatism in this domain.

Maybe at highway speed. At city speeds I am constantly taken by surprise by electric cars that come from behind while I'm cycling (in the Netherlands, for context, where I'd estimate that at least 25% of the cars are already electric, in the city in question).

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