So last night i discovered a feature of my car's radio it is called ASL [automatic sound levelizer]. first a little back story. In may of 2006 i bought my first new car, a 2007 Toyota Yairs, i love it. It gets ridiculous mileage, it is a zippy little standard transmission and it will last forever [i.e. its a Toyota]. The week i bought it i went on a business trip and took my owners manual with me, i read it cover to cover, i am such a dork.
Last night i was messing with my radio and found this feature called ASL. Basically what it does is raise the volume of the radio when the outdoor noise increases, usually from accelerating. So you go faster [the exterior noise increases], the radio's volume with increase. Damn, technology is wonderful.
So after i turned this feature on i found myself wanting to get caught at a stop light just so i could hear the volume of the radio increase as the light turned green. Then i found myself going from 35 to 45 just to hear the volume jump up. Then i would do it with the song.
Then i paused to think for a moment. This feature is pretty common now on new-er cars. Remember that guy you cut off lat week? Well, now think about the road rage he went through, they got angry and speed up. Now their death metal begins to turn up and they begin to pump more adrenaline, now they are even MORE aggressive. DAMN, that kind of freaks me out! It is almost a liability, i am actually surprised that no lawsuit has come out about this system yet.
It should freak you out, too. For now i will gaze in child-like awe when i speed up and my mates of state gets louder for me.
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