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Quiet hybrids trouble for pedestrians
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^
| Tuesday, July 06, 2010
| The Associated Press
Posted on 07/06/2010 10:21:45 AM PDT by Willie Green
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Silent, but deadly.
To: Willie Green
You definitely don’t have that problem with trains...
To: Willie Green
The car did it? Beats blaming it on the dog...
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posted on
07/06/2010 10:23:52 AM PDT
by
kingu
(Favorite Sticker: Lost hope, and Obama took my change.)
To: Willie Green
Silent vs Anal
Anal will win in at this time in our nation’s existence.
The ability for U. S. Citizens to find something to complain about knows no bounds.
Give them zero emissions and they’re still hot happy.
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posted on
07/06/2010 10:25:00 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Look at me, look at me, look at me, look at me... is not indicative of Presidential timber.)
To: Willie Green
A card and a close-pin on the spokes.
To: Willie Green
Thank you for posting this. I've been mentioning this as a major problem since the advent years ago of the first electric cars here in the “People's Republic of California”.
Everyone is at risk with all the silence. People and especially more kids are likely to pop into the road and get hurt.
Maybe they need to go back to the old noisy “playing cards in the spokes of bikes” method or whatever. What ever then can do will be better than silence IMO.
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posted on
07/06/2010 10:26:35 AM PDT
by
A CA Guy
( God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: org.whodat
"A card and a close-pin on the spokes." Or a baboon.
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To: Willie Green
“Hybrid creep” often defines BOTH the car and the owner.
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posted on
07/06/2010 10:28:58 AM PDT
by
johnthebaptistmoore
(If leftist legislation that's already in place really can't be ended by non-leftists, then what?)
To: Willie Green
I have a great idea. I need a financial backer though. We could come up with a device that makes a loud audible noise and equip these hybrid electric cars with them. That way when an unaware pedestrian walks out in front of of the driver, the driver could press the devise and it would warn the pedestrian of impending danger. The Gov’t could make them mandatory on all vehicles. I know I could make big money with that one. Anyone want to go in with me on it?
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posted on
07/06/2010 10:32:30 AM PDT
by
Dave278
(Keep your change I will keep my freedom!!)
To: Willie Green
Reminds me of our experience a few decades ago.
We had an early electric car (an enclosed golf car, really) and wanted to get insurance. One company refused to insure us because “electric cars sneak up on other cars and hit them.”
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posted on
07/06/2010 10:35:22 AM PDT
by
spaced
To: Willie Green
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posted on
07/06/2010 10:36:08 AM PDT
by
Mark was here
(It's either Obama or America. There cannot be both.)
To: Willie Green
These days a lot of gas engines are almost silent.
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posted on
07/06/2010 10:36:39 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(Politicians exist to break windows so they may spend money to fix them.)
To: Willie Green
Just grab a baseball card and a clothespin. Worked for me when I was a kid!
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posted on
07/06/2010 10:36:45 AM PDT
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(FreepMail me if you want on the Bourbon ping list!)
To: Willie Green
The Prious is a sneaky little bastard. Had one creep up on me while standing in a neighborhood street to view a house exterior. I checked both ways before doing it and can always hear a “normal” car coming. This little turd crept up to about 5 feet from me before I sensed something was there.
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posted on
07/06/2010 10:36:53 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Political correctness in America today is a Rip Van Winkle acid trip.)
To: Willie Green
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posted on
07/06/2010 10:37:35 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Judas Iscariot - the first social justice advocate. John 12:3-6)
To: Willie Green
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posted on
07/06/2010 10:37:38 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Political correctness in America today is a Rip Van Winkle acid trip.)
To: I see my hands
ooooooo! I like where this is heading.
Howler monkey tied to the hood!
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posted on
07/06/2010 10:37:57 AM PDT
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(FreepMail me if you want on the Bourbon ping list!)
To: Willie Green
Maybe Rachel Carson could write a book and call it Silent Green.
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posted on
07/06/2010 10:38:09 AM PDT
by
Movemout
( if you were to launch a heat seeking suppository over DC which asshole would it strike first?)
To: Willie Green
Got an idea. With the purchase of a hybrid you get a CD with the sounds of a big block chevy and an external speaker on the grill.
Problem solved.
To: Willie Green; Slings and Arrows
Put marbles in the hubcaps.
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posted on
07/06/2010 10:38:37 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(I wish our president loved the US military as much as he loves Paul McCartney.)
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