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Sound and Safe2013

A History of Listening Behind the Wheel

by Karin Bijsterveld

This book traces the full history of noise in and around cars shows how we created auditory privacy in our cars. It is about the sounds of car engines, tires, wipers, blinkers, warning signals, in-car audio systems and, ultimately, about how we became used to listen while driving.

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