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Emergency sirens can reach 120 decibels, loud enough to potentially cause permanent hearing damage. And in cities like New York, people can hear them hundreds of times a day. But do they really need to be this loud?
We set out to get to the bottom of this by measuring ambulances on the streets of NYC, testing a bunch of different siren sounds on friends who we definitely didn’t kidnap, and comparing sirens from around the world.
Along the way, we investigated why sirens got so loud in the first place, why modern cars have made them harder to hear, and whether we even need sirens at all.
Categories: Science Talk Stuff
