According to a New Research, People Want Car Horns to Sound Like Duck Quacks

Researchers at Soongsil University in Seoul, South Korea, recently tested different car horn alternatives on 100 volunteers, hoping to create a more soothing, yet still functional, alternative to the traditional toot-toot. What they discovered will ... maybe weird you out.

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Listeners were asked to rate car horn sounds according to their decibel and stress levels on a five point scale. Horns that most closely resembled a duck quack consistently performed the best.

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How's that sounds to you?

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According to a New Research, People Want Car Horns to Sound Like Duck Quacks

Listeners were asked to rate car horn sounds according to their decibel and stress levels on a five point scale. Horns that most closely resembled a duck quack consistently performed the best.

How's that sounds to you?

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