I live in Shanghai and I didn't notice how quiet it was until I went to Bangkok, which is filled with motorbikes (non-electric) and loud trucks. The difference is incredible.
Huge difference noticed when comparing Hong Kong streets to Shenzhen, Shanghai etc... in many mainland cities you can hear the sound of the tires rolling on the ground. In Hong Kong you definitely only hear the ICE vehicle engine noises. There are ICE vehicles in the mainland and you can really hear them from far away.
Many people attribute the quietness to electric cars, but IMHO it's not. ICE cars are also quite as long as you don't tamper their exhauster (I think that's also against EPA regulation). The quietness largely because many *large* Chinese cities forbid honking withing certain perimeters, and such regulations are really enforced somehow. Some cities even have camera-alike devices installed at intersections to detect honking behaviors and ticket the vehicle owner, a full automatic process.
Honking is one thing. But I think engine noise makes bigger impact on the quietness of a city. I know. I live in Bangkok and motorists here are not in the habit of honking but the street noise is deafening.
@@wasanttechawongtham1891 Then I suppose maybe most vehicle there are old and with old emission standards, CN big cities also control the access of old cars, like not allow cars older than EURO 3 enter the downtown area. Also motorcycles/scooters are banned in some places, those carburetor ones can't meet Euro 3.
I live in Shanghai and I didn't notice how quiet it was until I went to Bangkok, which is filled with motorbikes (non-electric) and loud trucks. The difference is incredible.
Soooooooo exciting to think of a future without traffic noise and air pollution. People have no idea how amazing this will be ❤❤❤❤
Huge difference noticed when comparing Hong Kong streets to Shenzhen, Shanghai etc... in many mainland cities you can hear the sound of the tires rolling on the ground. In Hong Kong you definitely only hear the ICE vehicle engine noises.
There are ICE vehicles in the mainland and you can really hear them from far away.
Not only noise, but I bet it didn't stink either.
I can hardly wait until my town is _quiet_ like that.
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Watching from India. Honk!
They use their horns all the time so it doesn't really make a difference
Many people attribute the quietness to electric cars, but IMHO it's not. ICE cars are also quite as long as you don't tamper their exhauster (I think that's also against EPA regulation).
The quietness largely because many *large* Chinese cities forbid honking withing certain perimeters, and such regulations are really enforced somehow. Some cities even have camera-alike devices installed at intersections to detect honking behaviors and ticket the vehicle owner, a full automatic process.
Honking is one thing. But I think engine noise makes bigger impact on the quietness of a city. I know. I live in Bangkok and motorists here are not in the habit of honking but the street noise is deafening.
@@wasanttechawongtham1891 Then I suppose maybe most vehicle there are old and with old emission standards, CN big cities also control the access of old cars, like not allow cars older than EURO 3 enter the downtown area. Also motorcycles/scooters are banned in some places, those carburetor ones can't meet Euro 3.