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Sen. Kerry comes out against too quiet cars
AP ^ | June 10, 2010 | rj

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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TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2lame4words; johnjerry; kerry; loser
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To: ltc8k6
Now we are going to hear constant beeping like those carts in the airports...

Oh no, the Department of automobile sounds will allow you to customize car sounds.

Like downloading tunes into your cell phone....But only pleasant animal sounds will be allowed.

For instance, as a funny gesture, a husband might elect to download hen squawking sounds into his wife's car.

The wife might want snorting pigs sounds, for her husbands cute little electric compact.

61 posted on 06/14/2010 12:45:34 PM PDT by dragnet2
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To: presidio9
Tie liberals on the hoods........

Bet they would bray like donks....That would warn Ketchup boy..!!

62 posted on 06/14/2010 12:46:28 PM PDT by Osage Orange (MOLON LABE)
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To: D-fendr

Yeah, there are lots of silent bicycles out there riding around. Can blind people hear them? They will certainly be injured if they walk out in front of one.


63 posted on 06/14/2010 12:48:31 PM PDT by ltc8k6
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To: presidio9
I think you mean...creeping people out.

BTW, Kerry got fragged in 'Nam or my name is Buggsy Malone.

64 posted on 06/14/2010 12:48:52 PM PDT by Osage Orange (MOLON LABE)
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To: presidio9

Make them sound like a Chrysler 426 Hemi.


65 posted on 06/14/2010 12:48:56 PM PDT by gigster
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To: dragnet2

How about the moaning of a very vocal woman having a very deep orgasm? Now that would get most people’s attention.


66 posted on 06/14/2010 12:49:10 PM PDT by swain_forkbeard (Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
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To: rattrap

Need new keyboard.

Thanks!


67 posted on 06/14/2010 12:50:36 PM PDT by BillyA
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To: jessduntno; presidio9

He was in Cambodia, too!


68 posted on 06/14/2010 12:53:44 PM PDT by badgerlandjim (Hillary Clinton is to politics as Helen Thomas is to beauty.)
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To: presidio9

69 posted on 06/14/2010 12:53:44 PM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Never trust anyone who points their rear end at God while praying.)
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To: swain_forkbeard
Sorry, the Department of Automobile Sounds will only allow animals sounds for electric vehicles....

You could possibly substitute orangutans doing it, or others from the great ape family.


70 posted on 06/14/2010 12:54:19 PM PDT by dragnet2
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To: TexasCajun
That might also help the blind drivers but I think the blind pedestrians need to make more noise too. There aughta be a law.
71 posted on 06/14/2010 12:54:51 PM PDT by eggman (Grab a mop Mr. Gibbs! Your boss is making another mess.)
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To: presidio9

Hey John-Boy, what happens when the pedestrian is blind and deaf?


72 posted on 06/14/2010 12:55:00 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Osage Orange

Tie liberals on the hoods........

73 posted on 06/14/2010 12:56:04 PM PDT by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does)
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To: RetroSexual

I looked to see if it was The Onion, I swear!!


74 posted on 06/14/2010 12:56:31 PM PDT by gibsosa
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To: CurlyDave

“Small pets are in danger.”

the fix is obvious to any Democrat...outlaw small pets.


75 posted on 06/14/2010 12:58:45 PM PDT by jessduntno (America is now just like Easy Company in Bastogne...and Obama is Lt. Dike. God help us.)
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To: presidio9

That’s the only thing I like about our Prius: it’s very quiet. My husband used to come home from work late, and you couldn’t hear him drive up our driveway. He wouldn’t wake the kids whose room was right above the driveway.


76 posted on 06/14/2010 1:15:01 PM PDT by luckystarmom
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To: jessduntno

Bingo :)

I remember buying my 2 boys those noisy Big Wheels one Christmas.

Dec. 26 I ‘emasculated ‘ them.


77 posted on 06/14/2010 1:15:50 PM PDT by Vinnie (You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Jihads You)
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To: presidio9

Put cards on the spokes of their wheels?


78 posted on 06/14/2010 1:17:08 PM PDT by Hulka
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To: presidio9

Prius: Unsafe at any speed


79 posted on 06/14/2010 1:17:37 PM PDT by keepitreal ( Don't tread on me.)
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To: presidio9
There ya go..!!

Ha!!

80 posted on 06/14/2010 1:22:08 PM PDT by Osage Orange (MOLON LABE)
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