Harley riders all say that the extreme noise of their bikes is a safety feature (Though why most of them wear the smallest helmet legally mandated, employ the smallest lights possible, and jack their bikes into steering geometries that are insanely unstable, is unclear.).
If noise actually equals safety, then all bikes should be as loud as the F4 Phantom or perhaps a Saturn V rocket engine.
Were we to use a liberal’s mindset, all bikes should be outlawed, because if it saves just one life, it is worth it.
I could not count the number of times somebody was blithely easing into me off of a ramp or from another lane, only to be awoken from their stupor by a healthy crack of the throttle.
I *know* they were all zoned out and unaware of me because they jumped like they’d been shot, every time.