Makes you wonder how these people have avoided being run over by bicycles all these years.
I’ll believe this is a problem when someone presents an actual STATISTIC showing that these new vehicles are disproportionately represented in accidents involving the blind.
Meanwhile, maybe someone should ask how the deaf people manage not to be plastered all over our streets. It seems that some people actually know how not to step in front of moving things without having to HEAR them.
I’ve been watching this issue for a while now, and while I’m not doing a lot of research, I’ve yet to see a story that actually tells of a blind person being HIT by a hybrid. Just stories about how dangerous it is and how many of them WILL be hit.
>> I’ve yet to see a story that actually tells of a blind person being HIT by a hybrid.
This is an interesting topic in the sense that many are ignoring the importance of sound and vibration as instruments in determining conditions. An experienced machine operator, for example, can rely on sound and vibration as indicators of equipment failure and performance.
Who would want to operate or be close to equipment in a cone of silence - that’s crazy.
>> I’ll believe this is a problem when someone presents an actual STATISTIC <<
Well, I almost got hit by one that was moving at a higher-than-prudent rate of speed in a semi-darkened parking garage. That’s the only statistic I need. Case closed AFAIC.
(And I’ll bet you’d have the same reaction as me, if you’d had a similar kind of narrow escape.)