Cars make the noise so blind drivers can tell they have locked/unlocked the car.
Not many cars make the noise any more, as it's not in demand much for some reason...
Chirp chirp
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Cars make the noise so blind drivers can tell they have locked/unlocked the car.
Not many cars make the noise any more, as it's not in demand much for some reason...
I hate that they use the same scream for every single film. You know the one... someone has fallen from a height or got shot (but only if they're in the background during a battle) and they scream. 9 times out of 10 it's this scream.
Over and over you hear the same "Aaaaargh" as this man falls from wherever he is.
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I think it's funny when programmes/films have babies crying, and the baby is turned away from the screen because it's blatantly obvious the baby is just laying there/asleep.
Sometimes they even show the perfectly placid baby with the bizarre crying sound effect going on!
Sometimes they even show the perfectly placid baby with the bizarre crying sound effect going on!
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Some American cars do it for real. Also beep the horn to confirm you've locked it. Seems stupid when in UK TV shows the car does it!
Never seen a UK car do it though. Wonder if you could enable it if you had the right software...
Never seen a UK car do it though
. Wonder if you could enable it if you had the right software...
Some American cars do it for real. Also beep the horn to confirm you've locked it. Seems stupid when in UK TV shows the car does it!
Never seen a UK car do it though
You can do it yourself on most modern cars or you can get a dealer do do it for you. It's all tied to the key fob used to lock/unlock along with a host of other customisations.
My dad's Alfa Romeo emits a couple of high-ish pitched beeps when he unlocks it and then one longer beep of the same pitch when he locks it.
Closest my car comes to doing anything like that is flashing the indicators five times rapidly when I unlock it and once when I lock it.
Closest my car comes to doing anything like that is flashing the indicators five times rapidly when I unlock it and once when I lock it.
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I remember years ago having a cheap crappy alarm on my car that went "chirp chirp" I think the make of it was Harry Moss or somthing like that.Was crap anyway as it only went off from a shock sensor.The Sensor on the dash looked good though it scrolled across like knight rider,lol.
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As mentioned above, the general idea is that we have preconceptions about things in the world we live in and it generally is easier to reinforce rather than challenge them.
As an example, Corin Farrell was in a film in the past few years playing an Irish character, but was told by the director that he should play the role with a stereotypical diddly-dee 'Oirish' accent (that in reality is a mix of several regions and no Irish person would actually speak like that) because that is what the American public would expect an Irish person to sound like, rather than an actual Dublin or Cork or some other variation that would be more accurate.
As an example, Corin Farrell was in a film in the past few years playing an Irish character, but was told by the director that he should play the role with a stereotypical diddly-dee 'Oirish' accent (that in reality is a mix of several regions and no Irish person would actually speak like that) because that is what the American public would expect an Irish person to sound like, rather than an actual Dublin or Cork or some other variation that would be more accurate.