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0 pointsbmitc3y ago0 comments

I don't think that's entirely true. Motorcycle noise on highways can be in excess of 100 dB and is broad spectrum noise. Most highway motorcycle rides are in the tens of minutes to hours range, but the damage can occur in just the single digits to teens of minutes.

Beyond a certain point, it doesn't really matter much that something is worse for your hearing than something that will permanently damage your hearing. Plus, people are interacting with lawn equipment, motorcycles, and other such things far more frequently than jackhammers.

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Retric3y ago

Jackhammer’s can be 130 decibels it’s easily a thousand times as loud as motorcycles so we really are talking different realms of sound protection being needed.

Also Motorcycle helmets should reduce things. Further it varies but motorcycles really shouldn’t be 100db, California’s legal limit is 80db for motorcycles manufactured after 1985.

bmitcOP3y ago

It's not the motorcycle itself making noise. It's wind noise.

Retric3y ago

Source?

At highway speeds motorcycle wind noise is nowhere close to 100db. Are you talking about high speed motorcycle racing or something?

kolp3y ago

At highway speed here in France, (110-130 km/hr), the wind noise is sufficient to cause tinnitus for me, if I'm not wearing ear protection under my helmet. The bike style is a factor - my touring bike has a movable windshield that can push the airflow above my head, but the wind noise from the daily bike, with a tiny windshield, is like sticking your head out the window of a moving car.

bmitcOP3y ago

According to this article, the source is from an OSHA study. I can’t find the study at the moment.

https://www.hear-it.org/motorcycles-hazardous-to-your-hearin...

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Retric3y ago

Jackhammer’s can be 130 decibels it’s easily a thousand times as loud as motorcycles so we really are talking different realms of sound protection being needed.

Also Motorcycle helmets should reduce things. Further it varies but motorcycles really shouldn’t be 100db, California’s legal limit is 80db for motorcycles manufactured after 1985.

bmitcOP3y ago

It's not the motorcycle itself making noise. It's wind noise.

Retric3y ago

Source?

At highway speeds motorcycle wind noise is nowhere close to 100db. Are you talking about high speed motorcycle racing or something?

kolp3y ago

bmitcOP3y ago

According to this article, the source is from an OSHA study. I can’t find the study at the moment.

https://www.hear-it.org/motorcycles-hazardous-to-your-hearin...

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