yeah, this is probably the only way i'd hear them when i'm getting around town. sound isolating headphones while riding a bike probably isn't smart to begin with, but it's better than listening to people rev their engines because they think i don't own a car. go ahead, rev your engine. each roar is about 6 bucks in gas anyway.

skittlzncombos

I'm waiting for a "BrownSound" siren. That would be 1337.

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tehronin

This is an obvious "who's dick is bigger" stunt: One department/agency trying to outdo another by having the latest cool toy. Or, over the public by being as assertive and intrusive as possible with the public.

crap-action-jackson

The only thing that truly bothers be about sirens is the endless animal chatter that proceeds and follows. Instead of blaring it louder, i think we should raise the driving age to 30.

@Marcelo: Yeah, unfortunately the average young person is too self centered to care about police sirens when they are driving... or anything else for that matter.

shamoononon

People also need to eat their vegetables , recycle, and exercise daily. This is an excellent call with more and more soundproofed "quiet ride" vehicles out there. Plus, if they get your attention the first time, bystanders won't have to hear a *second* set of sirens.

DaveExile

SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN KRISPEY KREME HAS BUY ONE DOZEN GET ANOTHER FOR FREE?!

... mmmmm donuts

carmen89

Police sirens as they are are already exceptionally loud. I'm not a fan of them getting louder. People need to turn down the music in their cars and pay attention. This just escalates the noise war.

Marcelo

sounds like they have that dude from police academy (Michael Winslow) doing the low pitched woo woo sound...

just saying

ltcmurray

So was it just the SUV and the one that almost hit them that had that thing?

spededdler

Makes sense in those cities where people refuse to move out of the way.

That Guy

@Marcelo: This isn;t really egtting louder, but more like deeper, almost like the rumble strips on highways. You want loud, how about the fire engine air horn?

Git Em SteveDave

@Marcelo: If the RIAA has their way music that other people can hear will constitute 'distribution'.

CMU_Bueller

Newscaster: "The latest rage for cops is driving criminals and entire neighborhoods crazy. It's called "The Rumbler", and it's installed in police cars to make the car thunderously loud for nearly a mile."

We spoke to neighbors about "The Rumbler", and this is what they had to say.

Reporter:"Tell me about The Rumbler"

Bubb Fuzz:"The Rumbler goes BRRRRRRR! When you want the BRRRR BRRRR, it's that BRRR BRRR. They didn't trip off the chirper."

Lil' Lt:"It's just for speeders, that's it and that's all. We do it for speeders."

Rep:"Do you have it on you car?"

Lil' Lt:"Yeah I got it on my car."

VO:It was being installed on their car

Victoria Bruns is upset. She says the sound is annoying, and is making her pay attention behind the wheel. Police say it's legal.

VB: They say it's just a fad and it's going to go away, it's not going away. It's driving me nuts, I work in my car. I can't concentrate on doing my nails while driving with this thing going off.

Rep:"Some people say it's TOO loud."

Bubb Fuzz:"That's only in the morning. You supposed to be driving, not eating bagels and shaving. It's like an alarm clock! BRRRRR BRRRRRR!"

+ Watch video

Git Em SteveDave

@Git Em SteveDave: Have to laugh at the way they let "Bubb Rubb" tear around the street to "demonstrate".
Personally, I think nothing beats an ECTO-1 style siren with an added train horn. So not does that wail get most the nimrods out of the way, but the train horn basically makes it a necessity to get the hell away from the car.... But I prefer using the combo as an easily removable accessory on my dream DeLorean or any other car that it might apply to- Ferraris, Lamborghinis, etc.

Mr.Wilson

@DaveExile: hopefully it won't make you actually shit your pants like those sound weapons riotbreakers carry...

VakeroRokero

@Git Em SteveDave: Is that the singer from Quad City Djs??? that song was great! come and ride the train indeed!

VakeroRokero

@shamoononon: some people like loud music...I take it you own nothing of power..correct me if I am wrong.

The funny thing about music is no matter how loud it seems to you in actuality it sounds normal to the person in the car...cant blame them they didnt invite the laws of physics and how sound travels.

Also about the self centered stuff...isnt that human nature, wherever you work they dont care about you, the do whats in their best interest. It seems your mad because we have figured this out already...survival of the fittest

mricyfire

This won't work. People will just think it's the latest idiot blaring a forgettable hip-hop song. People will just think it's another guy sending the fresh beats of Thuggy Realz into their lower colon.

Sirens are getting louder because cars are getting quieter. "The all new Lexus LS430...A testament to engineering and design with an interior so quiet...You'll swear that multicar pileup was just a baby farting..."

markarian

I think I just had a seizure.

bms

Did the last siren reminder anyone of KITT from Knight Rider? Or is it just me...

CSlim

HA HA! Bubb Rubb. and also MASTODON RULES BITCHES!!!

feckineejit

@skittlzncombos: Isolation headphones on your bike? You're going to edit yourself out of the gene pool like that.

ChromiumSwitch

@Marcelo:
Here in Los Angeles, the police use sirens that are so weak you cant hear them until they are about 4 car lengths away, and that's even when you KNOW they are there! I remember the sirens they used 30 years ago. Those things were so loud you could hear them for several blocks.

XJ_4x4

@mricyfire: I don't think there is much physics involved with blaring your stereo too loud, becoming accustomed with the noise level and blaring it even louder. The only thing i own with much power is my computers... and perhaps my dog... congrats on your overpowered shit.

shamoononon

Uh, you mean Mastodon I would assume.

yashichi8bit