[switch007]

> while motor vehicles are constructed to be as quiet as it’s possible.

The interior, perhaps.

I live on a street which has a relatively low limit (30 mph) but cars accelerate as if they were about to join a freeway...they are not quiet at all.

[cmrdporcupine]

Urban areas are going to be so much better once EVs are dominant.

Unfortunately I live near a highway, and the dominant noise isn't engine noise but tire/wind noise from the cars.