Yes, going out of the way to make something more annoying by imposing loud sounds on everyone around them is like yelling at everyone.

(Obligatory acknowledgement that "psychotic" is not an accurate description of what the study or journal article said, that was an erroneous description by Car & Driver. "Sociopathic" or "sadistic" might be more accurate, based on the study.)

"New study confirms that my worldview is correct"

Truck and motorcycle owners, the study suggests, might score even worse.

From my anecdotal and personal evidence, I can confirm that every biker that makes their exhaust extra loud (which is illegal in Brazil, btw) is a fucking asshole.

RRAAAHBBBLUBLUBLUBLUB

I’ve got an aftermarket resonator that I replaced my stock muffler with. It enhances some of the noises the car makes to give it a better, bass-y, rumbly sound (while also improving performance a small amount by reducing back pressure, but I’m not sure how much that makes a difference since I have catalytic converters well before the resonator).

But I was careful to find one that made the car sound good but not LOUD. Because I cannot stand people who run a straight pipe or muffler/cat delete on neighborhood streets.

Do whatever you want on a circuit, but that car should not be used where people live. Same with your modded Harley that’s louder than a jet, or your “off-road” truck that’s never seen a spec of dirt but sounds like a goddamn volcano.

So it’s what we all thought all along: they are attention seeking morons.

Time to include this in the DSM
Edit: apparently the paper is more than a year old. And here is the doi to the original paper:
https://doi.org/10.5114%2FCIPP%2F162006

Funny that this came out of London Ontario, one of the most carbrained cities of its size in North America (I grew up there).

I hate loud noises more than anything. If I were a dictator, I would make it open season on people with loud cars or motorcycles. Just on-sight, consequence-free murder. It would still be legal to mod your car or bike like that, you would just have to accept that everyone will be permitted to kill you.

What a dumb article and subsequent post. I'm anti-carbrain too, but this copium is at OD levels

Eh, the study design seems sus. It seems she hypothesized that such people may be psychopathic and lead with a survey which confirmed as such. Survey design is super tricky for psychological research.

Moreover, the students responding to the survey are not the car owners proper, instead these students are car enthusiasts. The level of car modding or gear headedness of the responder is required to lend credence to the study results.

Could someone comment on the effect sizes observed in the study? I can’t look it up right now. But the above are just my initial impressions, so happy to be corrected

Were we expecting anything good from people whose only contribution to the artistic output of humanity is "HEAR MY CAR FART"?