Posted on 06/14/2010 11:55:18 AM PDT by presidio9
U.S. Sen. John Kerry is trying to make sure hybrid and electric cars aren't too quiet.
Kerry is pushing a proposal aimed at helping protect blind pedestrians who rely on their hearing to safely cross streets.
The proposal would authorize the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to establish a minimum sound requirement for hybrid and electric vehicles to alert pedestrians to their approach.
The Senate Commerce Committee has passed the plan, which Kerry first introduced last year.
Kerry pointed to a study that he said found hybrid electric
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Years ago Zermatt Switzerland got rid of most gasoline and diesel engine for passenger cars due to pollution in their small valley.
After a bunch of electric cars and buses run over a bunch of tourists, they required sleigh bells to be added.
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When our overlords require electric cars with sound, I want mine to sound like an old steam locomotive while cruising, but a top fuel dragster when accelerating.
Too bad that Jon Carry doesn’t suffer from being “too quiet”. That’s a ‘hazard’ we’d all gladly put up with.
I hate myself for laughing at that.
Imagine how safe America would be if we kept Congress out of session for 11 months out of the year.
or equip them all with loudspeakers that play the Swiftboat ad over and over and over and.....
Lets get Peta involved. Allow them to develop animal sounds for cars....For instance, one of those tiny cars can have animals galloping sounds... Think how cool it will be to hear your husband coming down the street in his little car, sounding like a heard of horses....Or maybe chimpanzee sounds....How about ducks in flight!
I want ducks sounds!!
When Kerry is in any car, you can hear his brains rattling around as the car passes.
Liberal idiocy on parade. Ya really gotta love it.
Unfortunately, Kerry is right on this one.
A few friends have Priuses (Priui?) and they are scary quiet when moving slowly.
I have almost been run over in the driveway a few times. Small pets are in danger.
How about the sound George Jetson’s flying car makes?
My Goodness ...how did blind people ever deal with those mostly silent walking transports ... HORSES??
Do you remember when reporters were asking him questions about cars? This happened in front of his townhouse on Beacon Hill in Boston. When asked if the SUV was his car, he said “no, that belongs to the family”. Huh?
It was vintage Kerry.
He is such a magnificent putz.
40mph = 59 feet per second...
60mph = 88 feet per second...”
But- if you hit anyone, the plastic imitation of a car is toast.
This would work well for obnoxious spandex wear bicycle riders, that think they're cars too.
Now we are going to hear constant beeping like those carts in the airports...
Did you think of this while visiting the Philippines, by any chance? They don’t require drivers to blow their horns every 3 seconds, but it is done voluntarily anyway.
I can never get enough of those bubuzelas. Kinda like cowbell. More bubuzela. I gotta have more bubuzela.
“Is that the reason for the long face, Jean Francois?”
A horse walks into a bar...
That one feature might make me consider buying one!
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