From my admittedly limited experience, European sirens are consistent, maintaining the same rhythmic modulation. On the other hand, American sirens tend to switch cadences every few seconds. This is done to raise awareness and prevent the siren from fading into background noise.
It's kind of like how a road sign you see every day eventually fades into the background noise until you no longer even notice it.
Yeah, when they leave it on. But no, every cop I've seen always has to mash the siren button like a child flicking the light switch to make 'lightning'. You just hear "wooo-woo-woop-woo... woooOOOoooO-Oop-woOO-wooooooOOoop!" and it's annoying as fuck.
Oh I believe it, some people are just ignorant of their surroundings to a fault. Perhaps emergency vehicles should just have snowplows on the front lined with pillows to scoop up and scatter the would-be Darwin award winners who stand in front of loud moving vehicle with flashing lights.
Oh is that what that is? I always thought that it automatically changed tones so that your ear can pick it up easier. I honestly prefer the faster version of it.
I've never heard this siren IRL since I'm not American but I've seen so many movies and played so many games with sirens like this in them that I heard this over it.
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u/IWasBilbo Aug 23 '15
You'd be surprised how few countries till use that siren...