My $4k piece of carbon and $3k hunk of titanium would like to have a word...
I would bet just about anything that the only reason profit margins could possibly be higher for a car is due to volume
which, if everyone rode bikes, wouldn't be an issue at all.
Absolute profit, sure
cars are more expensive, so they'll win out.
This is the real big brain hack with decibels
you can use a linear scale, it's just that the units are logarithmic instead.
(Yes I know most people would call a dB axis logarithmic, it's just a silly comment.)