Stockholm to ban petrol and diesel cars from centre from 2025 ( www.theguardian.com )

java , 9 months ago

Swedish city tries to reduce pollution and noise

How does this help reducing noise? I think with modern cars, tires generate notably more noise than the engine unless the speed is below 30 km/h. I hear no difference between a petrol car and electric when they’re driving past me at 50-60 km/h.

ampersandrew , 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago)

That's true, but presumably in a city, the average speed is far lower than that.

Auzy , 9 months ago

Depends on the car. Unfortunately, you always have people who want their cars and motorbikes to be loud (small penis syndrome).

lemillionsocks , 9 months ago

They make make more noise while accelerating which I would presume would be something that happens often in a city center with lots of stops and starts.