This sounds great and all, but…. I live in an urban residential neighborhood and have a major hospital at the end of our block. Our street is a pretty big cut through street.

Yeah loud engines and music (and phone calls!) from cars is annoying, but that’s not where most of the sound comes from.

It is just tires on the asphalt that is so loud. I don’t know if this is due to how heavy American cars have gotten or changing roads from concrete to asphalt, but it has become quite unbearable.

The rise of e-bikes and personal mobility scooters has helped cut down on the noise somewhat, but I don’t know what you do about regular car noise (other than banning cars).

Also, whatever vehicle designer that decided the horn should honk whenever the car locks — you are on the top of my list!