mefoster wrote:If you watch the video, it's all explained at the start. They don't use sirens because they are often not heard against the background cacophony of, often, other sirens. Instead, they use whistles, which are far more effective at attracting attention. Their experience says that it works, so there is really no room to argue the point.
I'm not arguing just trying to understand. Yes I did watch the video form the start and I'm not suggesting they are wrong...but I still haven't had a explanation as to why not have fully-marked bikes with noisy sirens/high intensity flashy lights than rather plain, bikes and rather quaint whistles.
More discrete yes, less of an impact yes...is it just the emphasis in on convoy security rather than haste?
The SEG RTC in my earlier post
may not have happened had they been making more noise.