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My buddy laughed at me for bookmarking a site that just tracks train horn patterns
His name is Mike and he saw my browser tabs open and said why do you need to know when the 5:18 freight train hits the crossing on Maple Street. I told him it's not about the horn it's about the rhythm pattern changing based on the engineer. He rolled his eyes but later that week he texted me asking if I knew why the 7am always sounds different. I sent him the site and he got quiet. Now he checks it too. Has anyone else found a weirdly specific data site that actually makes you look at the world different?
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the_joseph13d ago
Ngl it's actually about the horn sequence length not the pattern itself.
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hunt.jana13d ago
Actually read a study once that said longer horn sequences in cars help pedestrians figure out where the sound is coming from faster. Made sense to me because short honks blend into traffic noise too easy. So yeah, the length might matter more than the actual rhythm or pattern of the honk.
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