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All car horns should be replaced with bicycle bells (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de to c/crazyideas@lemmy.world
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Here are the reasons why:

  1. It will be much quieter
  2. It sounds nicer
  3. If you get angry and ring your bell at someone it just sounds silly
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[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Alternative option:

Replace all car horns with those old timey horns that go, "ah-WOOOOOO-gah!" Then the whole thing is just constantly silly.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Better yet, replace all car wheels with bicycle tires. Keep them nice and slow.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

How do you hear it if you are in the other car? Sounds proofing in cars is getting pretty good.

[–] lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago

Opposite. All bike bells should sound like car horns.

  1. Make biking seem less "gay" to the general population
  2. Scares other cars, driving them off the road (more room for bikes)
  3. Your anger will be taken more seriously, and people will respect the biker more