But the most significant change in modern science is not just about the amount of noise, but how we experience it. Noise is no longer understood solely as a problem that affects hearing, it is also recognised as a systemic environmental pollutant. Transport noise is now one of the leading environmental cause of illness in Europe, second only to air pollution.
The theory is that it keeps them safe because drivers hear them before seeing them.
That’s not how sound works. Sound works by inverse square, light doesn’t. Visibility is way more important. If they wanted to be more noticed they would wear high his clothing.
Hi vis clothing only matters when they actually see you, which they dont, because they’re looking at their phones. Noise otoh, may make them actually fucking look.
Sincerely, a motorcyclist.
Makes more sense than their argument