Here in the Netherlands we already have such law. I can’t imagine how bad commercials can be with it. There is no reason except creating shock of confusion for such sound in a commercial and those things are not something you want in a car.
In America it’s more likely that we ban the use of radios in cars
No, they’ll make you pay a subscription for it.
😂A scant $8.99/month for siren free radio 😆
That is, for about 2 years until they add the sirens back in and offer a $21.99/month ultra premium service with no siren sounds.
Free radio is now nothing but sirens and commercials 24/7
Illegal where I’m at. That would irritate me to no end.
Tbh though I’ve quit radio shows for the most part, it’s easily 30-40% commercials now. Can’t be bothered with that annoyance, I’ll rather stream some music or podcasts.
Lemmy: how do you feel about people taking the most popular posts from reddit and reposting them as new stuff?
I don’t know, how do you feel about pandering for upvotes on a website that doesn’t have karma?
Meh… A good question is worth re-asking from time to time. Example:
What are some positive things happening in the world right now?
Also, some questions have answers that don’t make sense anymore or have completely new answers/perspectives due to the changing world so they’re worth re-asking. Example:
What are some dark secrets about social media companies?
Then there’s questions that just always solicit hilarity so why shouldn’t we re-ask them?
What was your worst job interview?
AskLemmy could probably have that question once a quarter and it’d be worth our upvotes 😁
Yeah, but this isn’t one of them. The answers it’s going to get this time around are the same answers we got last time around and will probably get next time around.
So what? This isn’t stack overflow, it’s a community for discussion.
Literally just taking top questions from reddit and posting them here to help drive engagement and get the platform going. Like you said no karma here so not sure what the aggressive tone is about. Glad the post police are migrating from reddit too though lmao that’s a good sign I guess
There’s no tone in plain text
Why on earth would anyone oppose this? The only people who gain are companies who are ok with distracting you so that you pay attention to their commercial.
I think the challenge would be to come up with the definition of “siren”- or “car horn”-sound. While some are obvious, there are a ton of songs that feature air horns, sirens or other light disturbing noises. Would it have to match a spectrogram of siren noises to be illegal? Does the decibel gauge the legality?
I think there is a ton that’s going to fall within the gray area, and it will ensue a lot of lawsuits.
Not that I disagree that it should be illegal, but I think the law would be complicated to define.
It is my god given right as a free American to have a heart attack because I heard a loud honk, die at the wheel, take out a family in a minivan, careen off a cliff, and land through the roof of the Walmart off the interstate.
Missouri
I wouldn’t care as I don’t listen to the radio
Television too if you don’t mind. (Commercials)
No commercials with the sound of the toilet overflowing? What kind of danger do sounds pose at home?
I don’t see how this is any different. Adverts in audio form are an abomination and intolerable. The absence of adverts from the BBC is and always will be it’s unique selling point. Spotify has begun trying the patience of its userbase lately by targeting adverts and that’s a mistake.
“This episode is brought to you by Roka …”
Actually, JOE, this episode is brought to me by the money I pay to Spotify each month. Roka is just giving you more money over the $200 million you get from subscribers like me.
How will they afford the luxury yachts and private jets without those delicious advertising receipts?
I’m really hoping we can come up with more original questions on Lemmy. This is what I hated about AskReddit the most.
YES, please god oh yes. :( Also doorbells in TV ads. I have 3 dogs and it always sets them off. I don’t even know how the fuck they know what a doorbell is because almost no one uses ours, lol.
I think dogs experience bells as a kind of sonic assault and will naturally react to them even when they don’t yet associate the sound with anything. Also, bells tend to be very unexpected from a dog perspective and surprises are a great reason for barking.
The bells bells bells bells bells bells bells bells bells!
I’d love that. Can’t count the number of times I’ve frantically scanned my rear view to see if I need to make room for an emergency vehicle and it’s just a sound effect.
