"If you have a big muscle car or you remove the muffler or install enormous tailpipes, that’s a conscious choice you’re making. You like the fact that you’re calling attention to yourself." From: bloomberg.com/news/feature...#loveyourears#keeplistening

A Loud Warning From the Past About Living With Cars

Klaxon automotive horns, once standard safety equipment, disappeared from the roads after World War I. But the tensions they exposed about urban noise still echo.