The Rolling Stones created a song for the ages when they made “Street Fighting Man.” So it’s hard to believe Keith Richards based his main riff and the song’s melody on French police car sirens. The ...

It’s a typical Wednesday lunchtime in Paris, the streets buzzing with tourists, terraces packed with tables, when the wail of an air raid siren fills the air. Its groan tears across the city for ...

Sometimes the cops absolutely positively have to get every single driver out of their way. That's what sirens are for, and Jalopnik readers have picked out the ten coolest from around the world. What ...

Long before phones buzzed in pockets, public life had its own loud operating system. Bells, drums, horns, whistles, and sirens told people when to wake, pray, work, gather, take cover, or pay ...