Horsefeathers ... beeping is safer ... the white noise is only less of an annoyance to the neighbors ... otherwise it would be MORE annoying ... get it, the more annoying, the safer it is ... when a construction worker hears that beeping, and they don't know where it's coming from ... guess what? ... they look around until they see the source ... it's that annoying ...,(reply>), @Russ Crawford<br>Not really no. Every site is completely different. Trucks come in from different directions. They show up unscheduled the vast majority of the time, so you usually know the day only.,(reply>), @Robert Pruitt - After 25 years, I expect you'd know where everything is on a job site that will kill you ... all the time ...,(reply>), 25 years in construction.<br><br>We don't look around because it's annoying. We look around because we know better than not to when we're in the vicinity.<br><br>You learn how loud they are based on how close you are.<br>No one working in the side yard looks around when the trucks beeping in the driveway, even though they might only be 30 feet apart.  Unless they're just curious as to who's delivering.