ban the beep
Broadband alarms are easier to locate than beep alarms.1
Our mission is to get laws enacted in Western Australia that mandate phasing out reverse beep alarms. The state government fact sheet already prefers broadband alarms, and Western Australian law does not require the beep.
1. Laroche et al., “Effect of Hearing and Head Protection on the Localization of Tonal and Broadband Reverse Alarms,” Human Factors (2022). https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9574903/
