the young men get subwoofers, the cops turn up their siren volume.
the cops turn up their siren volume, the young men get even bigger stereos.

begun, the noise wars have.

So, basically...

Another thing that cops will have to learn does NOT make them magically seen by all who will then do exactly the right thing and give the right of way...

Have fun with the initial round of lawsuits.

CapnBlues: the young men get subwoofers, the cops turn up their siren volume.
the cops turn up their siren volume, the young men get even bigger stereos.

Or rip the mufflers out of their car.

Sheila Tindle, another pedestrian thinks it's a good idea.

As she walked a half mile directly in front of the cop car

FTA: Becky Stoff, crossing the street as a cruised blasted the Howler, was startled by it.

"It just scared me more than anything," she said."

That's exactly what they want. Terrify the general public. Strike fear in the enemy citizen.

Godscrack: FTA: Becky Stoff, crossing the street as a cruised blasted the Howler, was startled by it.

"It just scared me more than anything," she said."

That's exactly what they want. Terrify the general public. Strike fear in the enemy citizen.

For some douchebags, it's the only thing that will cut through the fog.

you've got to be f*cking kidding

What a police car with a howler might look like.

\how am I first?

We have these in New York City. I actually kind of appreciate them. The subwoofer makes it so you don't just hear the car approach, you feel it. With the din of the city and pedestrians on phones, with ipods or just hard of hearing, it clears the street much faster.

someone doesn't hear you cop, someone hits you cop, which I really doubt happens very often at all, throw them in jail.
that's how you handle this.
you don't further annoy all of society with some psychological warfare hardware meant to drive the folks at the branch davidian compound insane.
you don't give that f*cking device to 500 dipshiat 25 year olds that barely made it through criminology at the local state college so they can play with.
we pay you ticket assholes on are streets that turn the bass up to 100 decibels, not f*cking make bass at 200 decibels. WTF is going on in this society that this can happen?

I listen to sports talk/comedy/or other "talk" radio (when did I get old?) and with my windows up, I don't hear any sirens until the vehicle is pretty much right up near me. I don't have loud music playing at all, so it's either my truck being well-insulated from noise, or the sirens just aren't that loud to me?

ha-ha-guy: More like we're doing another generation of sound damping work for the luxury cars.

I think that the very effective noise isolation in many cars (not just luxury cars) is one of the big reasons they're trying this. When I'm in my car, I don't hear a siren until the emergency vehicle is pretty darn close.

I wonder how people would respond to the Shocker?

Sun Worshiping Dog Launcher: I'm sure these will help when the cop decides to blow through the red light by turning his flashers/siren on 2 feet before the intersection and then back off again when he clears the intersection on his way to a "call".

Our department only turns their signals on for life-threatening emergencies, to safely get through an intersection, or to pull someone over. Even though they are on their way to a break-in to warehouse after-hours they will speed, but the lights are only used at intersections. Emergency vehicles can legally go 20 miles over the speed limit without using their emergency lights, but must have them on for higher speeds. People tend to freak the fark out and drive dangerously when they see emergency lights, so our emergency departments are trying to use them less. Our fire trucks and ambulances do the same thing as far as only using their lights at intersections for lesser emergencies. It is generally safer for the public.

Or, you know, ZOMG ABUSE OF AUTHORITY!!