American reacts to Why the European Siren is Scientifically Proven to be Better

[@GavinHohenheim]

What is completely ignored here is that the continuous pitch change makes it much harder to recognize if the siren is moving towards you or away from you, while the instant and frequent pitch change of the high-low siren makes it instantly recognizable. You can hear the doppler effect crystal clear.

[@davestang5454]

Actually, that argument is flawed. A typical U.S. police siren changes to at least 3 different pitches as the car is moving. I never have any trouble figuring out where the car is coming from.

[@ethribin4188]

@@davestang5454 doesnt matter what works for you personly. Good that you can figure it out. But statidtically, people find the european siren's doppler effect way clearer.

[@povilzem]

@@davestang5454 The American siren shown in the video changes between approximately 5000 different pitches because the change is continuous.

[@AtotehZ]

@@davestang5454 So your argument is that you know of a scenario where the wailing siren in the video isn't used... Therefore the wailing siren isn't as bad? That's not an argument at all.

[@0xFAB10]

Thank you Ryan for explaining how distant is 250 feet in term of an american football field

[@saraa.4295]

Specially because the video he reacted to fid give the distance in meters...

[@DaGuys470]

@@Akitake_ well, it's pretty much the same as the European one, so it doesn't matter

[@doposud]

Aprox feet are 3x more than meters 2 meters = 6 feet i used to work with both units it is pain ... :D

[@mememoments2779]

@@doposud 3.3x passt sehr genau owo kann man sich auch genauso gut merken :D

[@RickTheClipper]

Be happy that he did not use Tom Cruises, teaspoons, or nautical miles

[@CDP1861]

I expected the Doppler effect to at least be mentioned. With only two distinct tones to recognize, I find it much easier to hear if the pitch seems to be a little too high or too low, meaning the source is rapidly approaching or moving away. I can track the ambulance almost like a bat, even if I can't see it coming yet. That gives me a little more time to get out of the way if it's coming my way or just stay where I am and not cause any additional chaos if it does not.

[@Yotanido]

Something he didn't mention is that the two tones also make it much easier to determine where the sound is coming from. Whereas it is much harder with the US style sirens.

[@APCLZ]

must have been lost under all his lousy jokes

[@anubis9151]

@@APCLZ Though I think they were bad jokes on purpose, making it actually a good joke, since the actual joke is out bad his jokes/puns are.

[@davestang5454]

I have never had any trouble figuring out where a siren originates in the U.S., ever.

[@diablo.the.cheater]

@@davestang5454 u are special.

[@benjaminloehner257]

That's exactly what he's explaining at 06:20. By detecting, they mean the direction it's coming from.

[@livedandletdie]

Ryan, effective hearing, not just hearing, you can hear a siren from a kilometer away on a normal day, but still, you can't determine the direction at that distance, you just hear that it's far away. The European one is easy to hear because it is very simple, and your brain can determine the distance and direction of travel a lot easier, because it can calculate the difference in the pitch aka the distortion due to if it approaches you or moves away from you.

[@davestang5454]

I lived in both Europe and the U.S. and there really IS NOT much difference in the effectiveness of either siren. That's a perception fallacy.

[@diablo.the.cheater]

@@davestang5454 your experiences do not apply because you are special.

[@katarinavomdach]

Having played instruments all my life here is an additional sound fact to the European sirens which he didn't mention. This is at least what I learned about the German siren: By law, the 2 frequencies must have an interval of a "pure fourth". (The "fourth" is a musical interval encompassing four staff positions in the music notation of Western culture.) This interval, of all western intervals, is actually known to best trigger an "high alert feeling" in the human (and animal) body. (measurable and universal effect, no matter how loud or quiet!). So.. "being annoyed" doesn't always mean "being alerted". .. Edit: I would put an additional fun-fact about "the fourth" and J.S.Bach's "forbidden in church" compositions here.. (People fainted because of Bach's ingenious use of the fourth in a certain composition.) But that would be a fun essay and not a KZbin comment anymore.

[@ESCLuciaSlovakia]

That fun fact about Bach sounds so interesting. I can't find anything on Google about it, could you please help me with what should I look for? :)

[@blueeyedbaer]

4:05 Exactly. People aren't good at hearing high frequencies at older age, that's why European low pitch siren is better heard even if you're old.

[@davestang5454]

Not sure what your experience with the U.S really is but low pitch siren tones by emergency vehicles in the U.S. are very common. I hear them all the time.

[@MrShadow1617]

@@davestang5454 Probably depends where in the US you live. I have seen a few video from US driver dashcams where the police can also change between the usual wailing siren similar to NYC and the high-low triller siren. But I guess the Firetrucks usually use their loud horns as their secondary siren too in high traffic situations?

[@ThomasPalmen]

Furthermore, the tone sequence of a European siren is a fourth, which is considered dissonant in two-part melodies, thus demanding resolution - which does not occur and therefore attracts attention.

[@katarinavomdach]

whoops. I didn't see your comment, before I just wrote mine. .. about the fourth.. Maybe you might appreciate the additional fun-fact about it :)

[@TheIceMurder2]

There isn't one European siren.

[@user-marco-S]

There is a video somewhere filmed in the US. The youtuber is walking toward a crossing where a fire truck was stuck in traffic. Then you discover that the truck has his "siren" on. One high, non changing tone, you didn't hear it earlier in the video since it "drowned" in the traffic noise (if you watch the video the second time, then you will hear it since you know it is there).

[@MichaEl-rh1kv]

It is not about hearing the ambulance, but detecting it - in the sense of hearing where it wails.

[@ethribin4188]

When hearing capabilitie goes down, high pitches actually are lost way before low pitches

[@matsv201]

A othet advantage of the european siten is the dopler effect. While it exist for the americans as well, but due to it being non uniform it kind of destroyes it

[@HelmetmanTheSwede]

That’s actually an advantage, because you don’t need to be warned that a for example fire truck is going away from you, but you need to be warned that it’s coming towards you

[@matsv201]

@@HelmetmanTheSwede exactly, and its very clear when it pass your position. Then you get the doopler effect telling you that you are nog longer in the way. It also tells you say its several fire trucks. One (or several) going away and some going to you.

[@DarthLenaPlant]

Fun fact: in Austria you can even distinguish the different types of emergency vehicle by the sound the siren makes alone, best showcased in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKDdiKelfqdqpLM

[@NikolaBulj]

Serbia uses the same firetruck sirens, but cops and ambulance are different. We also don't have the UK sounds shown in the video.

[@WladylawGomulka]

​@@NikolaBuljSerbia is not in EU that's why probably...

[@NikolaBulj]

@@WladylawGomulka Neither is the UK.

[@gabbyn978]

In Germany, it is somewhat different as well. The sirens of the firetruck and the ambulance are mostly the same as in the Austrian example; but this rapid trill of the police car is very unfamiliar to me. The German version is rather similar to that of an ambulance. The ambulances otoh have a trick up their sleeves when they are nearing a clogged junction or crossroad: they suddenly change the pitch of the whole signal, then revert back to the former one. This sound is so unique, that no one can miss it. There is a voluntary fire brigade in my hometown which has their quarter more than half a mile away from my house, over a row of hills. When they go out, I can clearly hear their signal; and I am more than 60 years old.

[@vaudou74]

the samu (emergency moving unit, paramedics+ doctor +nurse) in my town has the european siren AND the NY (US) one... we hear the european first then the NY one and we think oh that s the samu (and not another ambulance), with the european one , we know from where they are coming, when they have the NY one, we dont have a clue, need to shake the head to get a wave variation to know if it s coming or going the other way (sound variation)

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

it's hi-lo and wail/yelp, not European and American siren

[@saraa.4295]

It's not hearing, but identiying (and probably it was measured within the city, so along the noisesalready there)

[@just_passing_through]

In the UK it’s colloquially known as “the blues and twos”. Referencing the blue of the lights and the two tones of the siren.

[@norma8686]

I live in Europe, I can hear an ambulance from a few kilometers away if there are no other sounds around.

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

same aspect with any hi-lo or wail/yelp siren

[@marcusfranconium3392]

Up till a few years ago the dutch emergency vehicles would have a 2 tone for fire department as it would resemble the number of syllables of the word Brand-weer , Police would have 3 tones , Po-li-tie . and ambulance would have 4 tones . Am-bu-lan-ce . Now they got the 3 tone fore every one . A shame as the old system you would know what emergency vehicle would come around the corner , or how bad it was . if you had a concert of all 3 branches you knew it was bad.

[@reinhard8053]

In Germany and Austria the difference between the two tones gives the information what's on the way.

[@HelmetmanTheSwede]

In Sweden they have something along those lines, I know it’s different between the services at least

[@squezary]

Every European country has a different emergency siren

[@luciedvorakova2167]

Even within the countries there are different ones. At least in the Czech rep. different cities and districts have different ones, even ambulance within one city has different sound then the Police and Fire.

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

only few sirens are used across several different countries in Europe. Like the German martin horn being used in Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, and in a different pitch, also in Austria

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

there was a plan on implementing "European sirens" in New York City: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aH2toGWvgNWpbZI However this was less about European sirens, but only about hi-lo sirens. In most of Europe both hi-lo sirens and wail/yelp sirens are used

[@annekedebruyn7797]

1:50 you are right! A few places have done trials with the European siren over the years.

[@enemde3025]

I'm sure that sirens in the UK differ depending on which emergency service it is.

[@kernow9324]

I thought that too. I'm pretty sure a police sounds different from an ambulance in the UK.

[@arturobianco848]

@@kernow9324 and the firebrigade. I believe they all have some slight differences in Europe. Looked it up for the Netherlands they are fasing out the differences.

[@PropperNaughtyGeezer]

In Germany too.

[@livedandletdie]

Police, Fire Dep, Ambulance, and other emergency services, have different but similar sirens in Sweden.

[@Mazil_5]

Same for the Netherlands

[@unanec]

In Spain ambulances switch between the two sounds constantly

[@sferg9582]

The latest in sirens are a sort of hybrid of the "normal" siren mixed with a really low pitch whoop sound. It really is attention getting, and you have a better feel of where it's coming from.

[@bloederhennes1302]

Two tone sirens are often translate to "TOO LATE | TOO LATE " and it make sense ;) Think about it. It also is more "detectable" from where it is coming and trough the Doppler effect it can be easily how it is moving (the vehicle).

[@alenavesela2213]

it sounds more like "watch out!" Or our czech old fire trucks wailed "fire, fire" :D and it lookes like other european countries use/used this siren as well.

[@fstopart3726]

i just know it as " too late | just died " :)

[@alenavesela2213]

@@fstopart3726 that doesn't make any sense 🤷‍♀️ 1. If ambulance is howling, he didn't die yet. 2.It doesn't cover police and fire department.

[@fstopart3726]

@@alenavesela2213 1. Well V-fib is a thing where someone can be just fine in one second and dead in the next second 2. At least where I live a sudden death on the street for sure will also alert Fire (might be closer) and Police (might be closer and have at least a form of advanced medical training). And for a resus you generally want to have as many hands as possible as fast as possible. We could also use a scenario that's less common here in Europe and more common in America a Gun shot wound.

[@alenavesela2213]

@@fstopart3726 you don't understand... the translation of the SOUND you mentioned doesnt fit for police or fire department. I don't write anything about the departments not going to the accidents 🤦‍♀️ It just mean all departments in diferent states have diferent soundtrack for diferent departments of first responders. Not just one.

[@armelle6936]

theris another difference between the two tone siren and the american one . there is an ambulance compagny where i leave who use the american type siren . youcan t tell from wher come the sound . it s overwhelming, it s loud and high peech , but you dont know frm wher come the sound . with the two tone siren, you know instantly wher the sound comme from , and you can pll away to let the ambulance the priority long time before even see it . much more effective

[@crowguy506]

Different purpose. European sirens clear the path. American sirens warn for bankruptcy.

[@ethribin4188]

To be fair to america.... Compairing their quality of life (and most things quality actually) to europe, is like compairing Elon Musk to Einstein

[@haggihug3162]

A few days ago I’ve heard a (german) sirene aproaching and it was a really stormy day (so it was a lot of sound in the air). I could hear it long before I saw it and I could see at least 350 m down the street. And since it took some time between I could hear it and I could see it, I think it was at least 500 m away when I heared it first time. Can’t imagine where to numbers in the video come from.

[@buburdp]

It's about detecting it not just hearing it. Meaning determining the direction it comes from and if it's coming towards you or going away

[@haggihug3162]

@@buburdp Oh, thank you.

[@afiiik1]

"For my european friends that is less than a football field".... Yeah you really helped us out😂 It's 76m.

[@tamielizabethallaway2413]

I live in East Sussex, on the South East Coast of England.... In my town, the best thing about sirens, is that you only hear one every month or two... Whilst the sound frequency comparison was interesting, I'm more interested in the LACK of frequency it occurs....

[@phoenixfeathers4128]

As far as I, a German, know, German and Austrian emergency vehicles use different types of sirens to distinguish the type of vehicle. I bike a lot. That means I move on separate bike lanes or the paths more often than the road for the cars. It makes me glad to see how many car drivers actually move out of the way to let an emergency vehicle through - making the “Rettungsgasse” on the motorway or just swerving immediately to stand on the path to the side of a road or something.

[@ZioFrankekko]

Same here in italy, like the police siren is different from an ambulance siren

[@MrsStrawhatberry]

People who don't hear well usually stop hearing higher frequencies, so only children could hear the very high frequencies but children hear the lower frequencies too. The range of what you hear (in frequencies) gets narrower as you age. Therefore a wide spectrum does not make sense. It's better to have a range that everybody can hear loud and clear.

[@superpieton]

Check out why UK added white noise to the reverse alarm on their utility vehicles...

[@kiko7119]

Interesting I thought "No, that's not how the sirens sound here" Where I live they sound like this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHXMdmp9abiIiJo And now I've learned that everywhere in Europe the Sirens are a little different 😅 thx @Ryan

[@Left4Candy]

I can hear the sirens in my town from kilometers away, and that's when I'm also sitting inside

[@ClaireQuinn566]

In Ireland we don't have that first European siren played in the video.

[@machandelverlagcharlotteer8698]

Better use of low frequencies for warning elderly people is explainable. Any hearing aid salesperson will tell you that the ability of elderly people to hear high frequencies is lost first. Maybe nature decided that it isn't as important to hear the high chirping of little birds as it is to hear the much lower-sounding lion's roar...

[@DJone4one]

Mind you, Birmingham is not Europe. At least as a member city. And European sirens are also different from each other. The Netherlands have different sirens than we do in Germany.

[@svumpen1]

Wait, I'm quite confused. Birmingham is part of Europe but not part of the EU... UK did'nt leave the continent, they left the union..

[@GilbMLRS]

​@@svumpen1They left the continent long time ago, they are literally floating in the ocean.

[@DJone4one]

@@svumpen1 that's what i meant. According to its geography, Russia also belong to Europe, but it is not a member.

[@DJone4one]

@@Panssel i meant it politically, not geographically.

[@svumpen1]

@@DJone4one well that is quite the confusing way to say it. Norway is not a member of EU but still a part of Europe... Parts of Russia (the border being the Ural) is also part of the European continent but not the European Union...

[@kernow9324]

I was rushed to hospital (UK) in an ambulance with a suspected heart attack. The siren was scarily loud to me lying on a trolley underneath it, so much so that I asked the paramedics to turn it off, but they said they were legally obliged to have it on in an emergency to warn other road users of their presence. Now I find the sound of an ambulance siren quite triggering. When I was on holiday in New York I couldn't but notice the wail of sirens was ever-present.

[@SeeDaRipper...]

Wench.

[@elisemcuk9808]

The one in England is SO loud, it’s ridiculous.

[@Chaos2Go]

Why do you think that the emergency lane works so well on the European motorways? Because we can hear the siren from far away and react accordingly early, if we had American sirens, it would probably be the same in Europe as in the USA.

[@radosawpiwowarski8277]

Yeeee, imagine, highway, you are driving with a speed of 140km/h, so the noise is so high you cannot hear any siren. It must be a seriously loudly to make it detectable

[@glumada2]

I'm from Austria, and here you can clearly make out the difference between a police car, an ambulance and especially a fire truck just by the kind of sound (not only the volume, they sound different). The latter one will literally blow your ears away if you stand next to it 😂

[@MrShadow1617]

Well, its gotta, since a truck could literally push regular cars out of the way thanks to its weight and power. But the police and ambulance sirens are pretty damn loud too if you stand next to them without ear protection. Fellow Austrian, btw.

[@TheIceMurder2]

This is the same in almost every country lmao.

[@zelgadis55tmnt35]

Huh, this was interesting. it makes me wonder how the Australian sirens compare to the European ones. I know I hear them from quite some distance away quite frequently (as a cop shop and fire station aren't too far from where I live). From the descriptions, I think the Aussie ones may travel further in distance but it's not like I've gotten out a tape measure to check the exact distance before XD As for where you've heard the European sirens before, Ryan, they definitely appear frequently in movies, particularly when the movie is set or partially set in Europe somewhere and a lot of Hollywood movies are set in those places. Even if nothing to do with law enforcement, I think the sirens sound in those movies as background noise, to immediately show the characters are in a different country.

[@AudieHolland]

Sirens don't need cover a broadest possible frequency. Everone can hear the lowest pitch but as people get older, the high frequency tones cannot be heard anymore. This is why, when I was a kid, I could clearly hear the high pitched tone of an old tv-set when it was simply on and no sound was coming from it. Grown ups don't hear this anymore so they're not bothered by it. However, whenever you've been subjected to a terrible, loud noise and you hear a high pitched tone for several seconds ('ringing ears') it means you've just lost the ability to hear a few tones in the higher frequency. Irretrievable, partial loss of hearing. That's why I don't use headphones or listen to loud music.

[@Mikael_Puusaari]

I don't know if I've ever thought about exactly how close an ambulance is to me when I first hear it, but next time I am going to run and check where it is when I hear it to see if it is true.. in fact, I am going to bring a measuring tape with me at all times 😂

[@Kawaiilolrofl]

I just googled a football field. Well, still can't imagine it.

[@indigocheetah4172]

'The Pink Panther ', film, with Peter Sellers. His character is picked up several times by the Police , in Paris. It's hilarious , Ryan .

[@MichaelHviid-d9m]

No offense. But I can never quite get used to how dry your humor is for an American. The sarcasm and irony is not wasted on you either. You've got some pretty clever quips too. And you are just plain fun to watch. Thank you again, for giving us quality content friend. Have a nice day. Michael

[@MichaelHviid-d9m]

And I did contact you via your e-mail. Michael

[@povilzem]

The two-tone siren also makes it easy to determine if the ambulance is getting closer or further away from you. The pitches will sound different because of the doppler effect.

[@josemurtra3172]

One Big difference is that they almost never need to use it, when you se in the back mirror an ambulance with lights on you know what to do. I live close the the biggest road of Barcelona and the biggest hospital and weeks pass since last time i Heard It.

[@Belfigora1102]

You can hear a German siren from kms away

[@d34d10ck]

The real reason is because a constant frequency is much better than a changing frequency for determining the speed and location of the vehicle using the Doppler effect and the sound reflection from the buildings.

[@filip2cz]

In Czechia (in the middle of the Europe, between Germany and Slovakia or between Poland and Austria) we use both of them. "American Siren" is for Police and "European Siren" is for Fire department. I dont know why, maybe I am wrong and it is different sound that just sound littlebit similar to American Siren

[@sarahnoia3495]

In Austria, the fire brigade's siren also sounds different than the police's siren. I'm not sure if the police's siren is similar to the American though, I rarely hear it.

[@Rick2010100]

The main benefit of the high-low siren is that you can locate siren and quickly get the distance and if the siren is moving away or getting closer.

[@oskarprotzer3000]

higher frequencies are actually less easy to hear for older people

[@daicekube]

Hah! There's another one! You know the beeping of a vehicle backing up? Change the beep to white noise instead and that's much better. You can hear direction better, it seems.

[@bezbotek]

In Czech republic we use both kinds of sirens - firemen use high-low siren, police a ambulance use continuous pitch siren. I am not sure whether it is this way in whole europe.

[@dogwithwigwamz.7320]

In the `60,s 70,s and 80`s here in England the Emergency Sirens were two - tone. On / off - zero or one, one thing or not. It was only toward the start of the 3rd Millennium that we adopted something similar to what I`d heard in the `States. A continuous `high to low frequency siren.` Essentially a function - sine or cosine wave. New York City Emergency Squads use the continuous forms ( Taylor Series Wave Maths ) but their presonnel have the option to make it intermittent ( None - continuous ), which I found rather interesting - especially when it bounced off the walls of the skyscrapers. Oh, New York City is also `BatMan City." What else do they call it ? Gotham City ? But it`s true. Not only did I hear the sirens but also saw the huge Spotlights from emergency vehicles shining hight into the Manhattan sky. But it`s what travel is for. To go from ones ordinary home to an extraordinary place.

[@luxaly9510]

i think the only thin EU sirens might adopt from US ist the Rumbler that they have in some... a deep bass sound maybe imitating the tone it allready makes with the normals siren + the fast sound:) so forced can choose to start the rumbler as an undertone and the fast one to make some point

[@Pandemonis]

I was explained by a Scotman that our siren (in France) have the same have thz samz fous notes that "Al-lez les Bleus" Maybe thats why we're good on protesting, our slogans mark the rythm of our sirènes ? "Ma-cron, dé-mission"

[@gerritvalkering1068]

I feel like when they showed how far away people could hear the siren, they forgot to mention those people were inside a car or something

[@yevgeniy2000]

I like how he says: "For my European friends: It's less than a football field."

[@scottferguson48]

Hi Ryan. Don't lose sleep over it. If you do I will have to start worrying about you. I'm just joking ... Thank you for the video. Scotland

[@saraa.4295]

Btw: 80 decibel are harmful to the human ear if exposed to it for a long time. Since sirens ought to pass you by quickly it's not so bad...(annoying but not harmful)

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

unless you sit INSIDE the emergency vehicle and might be exposed to the siren for hours on a shift

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

unless you sit INSIDE the emergency vehicle and might be exposed to the siren for hours on a shift

[@saraa.4295]

@@EnjoyFirefighting that is probably true... Don't know if those vehicules are specially insulated or if the workers wear earplugs

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

@@saraa.4295 neither better noise insulation nor having any ear plugs. They're usually directly exposed to the noise generated by the siren. Only one thing was done in some countries: moving the siren from the top of the roof into the front bumper. Still the crew is like only 1m away from the siren But even when you think about residents: sure, a single emergency vehicle will come and go within a rather short period of time, but what if you live right at a main corridor of emergency vehicles driving through the city, like e.g. on a main street right in between a busy fire station, busy EMS station and large hospital? It all sums up. Even in rural areas a single EMS unit can easily get more than 10 calls per day, now imagine two or three vehicles being based there ... and scale that up to large cities then

[@saraa.4295]

@@EnjoyFirefighting yeah, it is an issue. But i guess we consider it a worthy trade off, after all, those alarms are needed to save lives... At least here in europe they actually only push the alarm if there ARE ppl on the street and if it IS an emergency. At night they sometimes just use lights.. And most houses are built in a way that you do not hear them if the windowsare closed

[@Shadow_0615]

6:33 i think it was without any echo this is why its such a short distance

[@AICommentator2.0]

I love HAI because you get entertained and learn sth. in the process.

[@Rikard_A]

Ryan did you see the contest American song contest.

[@The0Stroy]

Truth is that they have like 3 types of siren they can switch between depend on situation on streets - different signal for city streets, different for highway, and different for heavy traffic.

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

there are numerous different countries across Europe, and that statement just isn't true for most of them ...

[@alexnavarro6941]

I love how the video ended, it sounded so American 😁 basically saying, "the European siren is better, but America is the best at everything else".

[@luciedvorakova2167]

But in the Europe there are number of many differently sounding sirens, not just the one mentioned. The low pitched one is common in Paris, in Vienna it is similar but slightly different, in London they have completely different one, more like the New York one, in Prague again different, unique sound, in Brno yet again different even through Brno & Prague are both Czech cities etc... Also ambulance has different siren then the Police and Fire in CZ and I believe in France etc...

[@DruncanUK]

The air in the UK is much more refined and pure than the rest of the world so the sound waves are happier to travel through it and less inclined to assault our ears with painful wailing.

[@doposud]

BS you can't hear it over the rain

[@peterbiggin7193]

😂😂

[@Arltratlo]

not with all the sewage water in your UK rivers, also in the ocean around your Kingdom of Whiners!

[@mememoments2779]

when you get old you loose your high frequenzy hearing, not your low frequenzy hearing xD thats why its better to keep it down

[@brittches]

I was just in Prague and for whatever reason they are using the American wailing siren. Waking up to the sound in the morning felt like being in New York City.

[@TheIceMurder2]

Same with the most of the UK.

[@osamaaru]

detecting does not mean hearing. u can hear the american easy, but u have no idea how far it really is or even the direction might be hard

[@PropperNaughtyGeezer]

But they have been considering for a long time whether they want to use other sirens. Nor do I believe that all European countries have the same sirens.

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

pretty much every country in Europe uses different sirens, with only few sirens being used in several countries

[@DeRocco21]

a study in nyc showed that motorists there dont respond to the siren as readily as the regular siren

[@juliencooper177]

The less the pitch the better. I discussed with friends this and said they need the pattern they have but less hurt in the ears. The fact the thing hurts other people the more it causes stress on the streets. So everyone can't hear everything, those with sensitive hearing to high pitched and people with hearing aids, are feeling harmed. The European siren in the video seems okay, maybe they should be tested elsewhere.

[@davebrown6552]

I think those distances are very wrong , the maximum range of the New York siren is estimated to be about 2 miles an bit less than that in a noisy city. .

[@susanhopkison3363]

Ryan years ago we in England had a lovely old fashioned sounding siren but now we seem to sound more like American 😭

[@twinkincarnate]

as you should

[@harrythompson6977]

you lose high range sound as you get elder not low range

[@laazkoh8099]

I don't think being unpleasant is something you aim with an emergency siren. Cause you except people who hear you to be civic and weel-behaved, and not to increase their potential rage-roading and stress while their drive.

[@sub_rapier]

There is a difference with attracting attention and causing pain in your ear and wanting to just make it stop

[@DeRocco21]

psychologicl studies have shown there is a classical conditioning issue with nyc population

[@ugnikalnis]

I can clearly by the hearing I can understand from where the siren comes I'm from EU 🇪🇺 Baltics Lithuania 🇱🇹

[@EinMenschvomMond]

7:56 yes, hes at least 80 years old

[@timglennon6814]

The emergency sirens in the U.K. are now similar to the USA.

[@laupdranoel8341]

What I've noticed in the video is they keep saying European Sirens. Europe isn't a country. Emergency sirens can be different from country to country. The high low tone went out in the UK some years ago and they don't sound like the continental ones in the video.

[@knowledge-seeker-x7u]

What about the Police sirens and the Fire Engines ?

[@astraxatraxanan]

It is strange though that he didn't mention the differences between ambulance, police and firefighters sirens 🤔

[@cobaltdrache3805]

Ooof.. those road conditions at 1:03 Is that normal for the US?

[@vitus9864]

In Norway we have the american style siren. Fyi

[@felix6250]

Someone knows why Ryan renamed his channel?

[@jesperkristensen5875]

I going to guess you remember it from the Bourne movies...

[@DaxRaider]

American Football fields are more unknown then feed

[@gytan2221]

This made me feel like everything European is better, compared to America.

[@SeeDaRipper...]

With the exception of "healthcare, infarstructure, saftey nets, paid family leave and criminal justice" this bloke is taking the piss, as we far exceed you in all of those. (our healthcare is *free* , our Infrastructure is *tried and tested* , we have *more holidays and if you're ill you're paid* , and your 'Justice' sytem is based on *shoot first, ask questions later* )

[@TheIceMurder2]

Your listening skills are awful. That's exactly what he said in the video. He prefaced it by saying "with the exception of" then listed all those things, which in other words means Europe is superior at all those things.

[@felixwillmann4341]

Watching Americans learn about europe is kinda Neo Morpheus like 😂😂😂👌

[@ltrtg13]

Learn is easier when it's fun. This was fun.

[@manbok2035]

The jokes from that Siren video are more annoying than any Siren, ADHD galore.

[@Zazaaa27]

I wonder which videos ryan has planned for us 🧐❤