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All cars, and especially the expensive luxury ones, are designed to minimize road/wind/outside noise. That level of muffling combined with car stereos, cell phones, bluetooth headsets and passengers pretty much nullify the effects of loud pipes. If someone is distracted enough, there's not a sound in the world that could bring them back to reality.
I've pointed this out before, but people are more or less 'trained' to respond to horns and sirens. The sound of a loud exhaust is just a background noise. Additionally, it's more difficult to pinpoint the position of a droning engine roar than a sharp horn. Unless your pipes are loud enough to break car windows, being aware and using your horn will do you a lot more good than sputtering around town and annoying everyone but the guy who's merging into your lane on top of you.
Posted via Mobile Device
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