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Self-driving Waymo cars keep SF residents awake all night by honking at each other (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Trains have even more obnoxious horns though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

And are legally required to blast them in populated areas

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

They usually only use the horn at crossings. Automated trains are grade separated. The SkyTrain rolls through Vancouver all night and you can hardly hear it.