Have emergency vehicle sirens got louder in recent years?

[Ashberto]

I keep nearly jumping out of my skin, as if suffering shell-shock, when one starts up nearby with its ear-splitting shriek.
It’s literally just like The Somme.

[Berni]

Of course, there is the possibility that I'm just an old c**t now. :-(

[Classic Jorge]

I think they've applied some sort of doppler effect busting science to it. I was watching a program on telly which said they've actually got quieter overall but their sound is concentrated into a finer point which makes it sound louder.

[Berni]

[Witharby 2-3 weeks]

[Classic Jorge]

I think this is supposed to be frequency based again but I believe it's just bloody louder

[Luis Anaconda]

quite funny and informative about the whole hearing going as you get older thing and deafness in general

[One Wilf Copping]

...and women lose the ability to hear lower-pitched sounds (e.g. men's voices).

Nature is either doing something very clever or it has a malicious sense of humour.

[Luis Anaconda]

[One Wilf Copping]