November 30th, 2005 @ 2:04 pm
Are they really that much of a problem?
What’s the Buzz? Rowdy Teenagers Don’t Want to Hear It - New York Times
Annoying sound emitter for areas where kinda loiter, because only young people can hear it. Sounds kinda stupid to me, its not fixing the problem, its just moving it somewhere else.
from the article
“It’s loud and squeaky and it just goes through you,” said Jodie Evans, 15, who was shopping at the store even though she was supposed to be in school. “It gets inside you.”
um, instead of installing an annoying device, shouldnt they make her go back to school? wouldnt that be a better solution all around?
The device, called the Mosquito (”It’s small and annoying,” Mr. Stapleton said), emits a high-frequency pulsing sound that, he says, can be heard by most people younger than 20 and almost no one older than 30. The sound is designed to so irritate young people that after several minutes, they cannot stand it and go away.
