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> Cars are all electric [...] So less [...] noise

Tire noise dominates at speeds above roughly 30 kph (20 mph), so on reasonably fast roads not really.

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Propulsion-noise-the-tyr...

Of course, self driving cars might also mean slower cars, because the drivers are less impatient, and if that is true then noise would go down. On the flip side, self driving cars might end up meaning faster cars because they can coordinate better, increasing noise levels.



I honestly cannot imagine self-driving cars until trains never crash and trucks are automated.




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