Just what we need. More noise pollution and more government regulation.
You are supposed to look -- twice.
Of course not! Less drag is certainly worth your life!
And why do you want to mandate noise makers on cars?
If you can't see well enough to enter the roadway, you should not enter the roadway without assistance.
Here's a new concept: Maybe we can't hear electric cars because everything and everyone else is so darn noisy!!
because you are always guilty for what ever accident that happens and will have to pay
They may very well travel up to 28 mph - the limit below which the electric car has to produce noise
so there is allready a reason to start paying attention to the trafic
I do think that not cashing in on one of two really great properties of the electic car is a big shame
You don't need to be threatened by death to learn a new trick.
How loud would they (the law makers) require the sound to be
but you can learn to look before crossing a street.
would not breathe the polutants is a large step in itself.
bird song on a busy street in New York? Wouldn't it be great?
You need tail lights and braking lights since the brain is bad at judging distances. There is no learning to counter this.
People who are visually impaired (or blind people) can't.
Hold on a sec. First you say people can learn to judge distances by looking befoe crossing the street. Now you're saying that we can't judge distances without some sort of extra clue. Which is it? Can't have it both ways
Nice comment, Otto. I mean arf arf.Arf? I dont believe arf has ever said anything to dogbert, but lots to dick_wolf the original mutt. Arf likes to crack jokes. So does otto.
Why pretend? You're arf arf when you want to stalk Dogbert, but you downvote him with FrankHerbert and lite. Why? Pudel much?
People can look to see if a car is coming at all when crossing a street
When driving behind another car, the human brain is notoriously poor at using stereoscopic vision to judge the distance.
When caught in bad behaviour, attack. Eh, Otto?Peep peep? Do something significant esai I dare you. Like defending lazy, lying, ignorant, flooding site vandals like your close friend pussytard.
behaviour
Take your meds
Read again: the blind? The visually impaired? Kids?Cars will soon be smart enough to sense the people around them and sound appropriate warnings. This will be more effective than making them buzz or chitter all the time. Like little esai.
Why would I have to hide like you do?And yet you have a bunch of sock-puppets to hide behind you little coward.
Of course they CAN look - but will they? And with what chance of success
Both blind and visually impared use strategies today that work in the event of silent cars.
Blind people never trust their hearing to judge if a street is safe or not.
Erm -no. Thats is why they lobbied ..
Ever noticed the auditory devices ...
Many intersections are uncontrolled - and it at least gives you some hope of getting across the street alive if you can hear the traffic. It seems like a pretty small issue to me to put up with a bit of extra sound - to ensure others can walk home independently without getting killed.
Can we require pedestrians to look up from their smart phone instead?Soon enough our smartphones will be able to warn us of moving cars, open manholes, falling pianos, bad nachos, contageous people and other dangers. Soon after that these extended senses will be implanted within us. Soon after that our genes will be configured to grow them. And soon after that we will disappear as our machines will grow weary of sheherding us.
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Jan 7, 2013