I’m always almost getting hit by something. Doesn’t have to be something silent.
How would we ever avoid potholes when we are walking, if we don’t put noisemakers in them?
And I’m still not sure how you avoid getting hit by a car just because you can kind of hear it. If you were walking in the middle of the street, and a car is coming at you too fast, you could well get hit. Doesn’t have to be a silent car.
And if you are NOT walking in the middle of the parking lot aisle, but the car is cutting across and driving too fast, it will still hit you whether you hear it or not.
The so-called issue here is people who step out into the street and get hit because a silent car was coming and they didn’t hear it.
But that means stepping out in front of a moving car, something you shouldn’t ever really do, whether it is going a safe speed or too fast, making noise or not.
I will say this. I always back carefully out of spaces in parking lots, because people are idiots and will walk right behind a car that is running and has brake lights and backup lights on, and assume the driver will see them and stop.
That's a fact. The other people that drive me nuts are the parents who push their shopping carts across the parking lot, leaving little junior wandering 10-20 feet behind by himself. While a driver backing up would be able to see the adult, the child is just not tall enough to be in view. The driver waits for the adult and shopping cart to go past, assumes the way is clear, just about the time junior walks right behind his car. Recipe for disaster.