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[Solved]What is this pair of metal... Things.. hanging on traffic light pole over an intersection? (europe.pub)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world

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They were on all of them in the intersection, four sets

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[–] onnekas@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

If vibrating like a guitar string is so bad then tell me why we don't install those things on guitar strings!?

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Guitars have 6 strings. If you attached six of those dampers to a guitar, it would weigh about 240lbs.

[–] Michal@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago

Because one is installed on a guitar and the other one is not