So now if my wife runs over a blind person in a crosswalk she has an excuse?
gas and electric powered ninjas!
The future rocks!
Put a whistle on them; a little-bitty whistle would warn the unsighted that a car was coming.
*Whew* that was tough! - Now where's my $10M for solving the "problem"?
In a world gone mad, speed bumps rule the day. Three in the morning, 99.99999% of the populace asleep, drivers have to drive over speed bumps so pedestrians (too stupid to look both ways) can be safe.
Now hybrids are too quiet. I suggest we put cards on the wheels like we did our bicycles. Yes it’s juvenile, but the fix to quiet cars is certain to be just as juvenile.
There was a battery run device you could put on your bicycle when I was a kid. It emitted a sound like a motor, so you could feel like a big shot when you rode around. Ah, the manufacturer was ahead of his time...
Do you ever wonder who it is that sits around thinking this s—t up? Personally, I just look before I walk. I guess personal responsibility being what it is these days, I’m an idiot. Someone certainly is.
Wait a minute ... do the new electric cars not have horns?
I don’t know what hybrids they are talking about, but my hybrid Highlander engine runs about 95% of the time!
How about putting a radar detector at crosswalks, instead of making millions of auto owners have to listen to some stupid noise all day long.
Maybe they can put baseball cards in the spokes.
I’ve nearly gotten killed by a hybrid. Stepped off the curb of the pump island at a gas station right in front of one. You don’t realize how much you depend on your ears to warn you about a car nearby. I was stupid and I won’t make that mistake again.
I’ve nearly gotten killed by a hybrid. Stepped off the curb of the pump island at a gas station right in front of one. You don’t realize how much you depend on your ears to warn you about a car nearby. I was stupid and I won’t make that mistake again.
The owners should just blast some hip-hop music. Everyone can hear you coming. Problem solved.
I want mine to sound like an old-fashion steam locomotive. But when accelerating from a stop, I want it to switch to a top-fuel dragster.
So loud pipes do save lives?
I have a friend who owned a Prius. She recently traded it in for a Honda Civic. One of her complaints about the Prius was driving it in parking lots. People walked out in front of her all the time because they couldn’t hear it running.
In addition, she used it for a commuter car and drive ~80 miles round trip. According to her, the Civic gets right at 10 MPG better mileage than the Prius. The Hybrids really only save you if you do a lot of stop and go city driving.
“2. In Memphis, Tennessee, it is illegal for a woman to drive a car unless there is a man either running or walking in front of it waving a red flag to warn approaching motorists and pedestrians.” http://allworldcars.com/wordpress/?p=7105
Maybe this should be applied to hybrids?????
Wikipedia: “In the United Kingdom, the Red Flag Law, a policy requiring self-propelled vehicles to be led by a pedestrian, waving a red flag or carrying a lantern, to warn bystanders of the vehicle’s approach. The Red Flag Law was repealed in 1896, by which time the internal combustion engine was well into its infancy.”
Are we headed back to the 19th century?
I think electric cars should make the same noise as the Jetson’s car.
A new market for ringtones!
Make the little toy novelty cars play “ice-cream-truck” style music when moving.
Remember when TXDOT paved the S curves on 1431 and the highway workers said the pavement was too quiet to hear oncoming traffic?
Can you imagine the little noise an electric car makes on that stretch of road?
I can’t wait until that mess is finished. They sure are taking their time.