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What if the problem with cars was not their method of propulsion? Epthinktank | European Parliament (epthinktank.eu)
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Instead of just electrifying vehicles, cities should be investing in alternative methods of transportation. This article is by the Scientific Foresight Unit of the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS), a EU's own think tank.

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[–] can@sh.itjust.works 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

So muffle 'em?

[–] schnokobaer@feddit.de 5 points 7 months ago

Muffled scooters are still fucking loud.

[–] freedomPusher@sopuli.xyz 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

And what, only wake up 8,000 people instead? I’ve never heard an unmuffled one, but those little 50 cc fuckers are screaming loud in the high pitch frequencies - a perfect recipe for wakefulness. I often wake up when one of those assholes drives within a block of me at night. It doesn’t even have to traverse my street.

Even if it wakes 5,000 people, who then take 1 hr on avg to return to sleep, 5,000 man hours per scooter per day of lost sleep has to have a measurable loss of productivity and even quality of life.