Silence equals....death?

[Addison D.]

One of my favorite features of hybrid vehicles--they are quiet--apparently makes them demonstrably more lethal to pedestrians and cyclists.

The Government--it's enough to make me vote for the Tea Party--has responded by creating minimum noise-level requirements for cars.

I blame pedestrians and cyclists who are oblivious to their surroundings, not noiseless cars.


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[qolbinau]

Part of being aware of our surroundings entails using our sense of hearing. Unfortunately we don't have the 350 degree vision (or genital size ) of horses, so we need to rely on more than our eyesight to travel safety.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Maybe they should pull their ear buds out.

[FindingNamo]

Blind people have been saying this since hybrids were introduced and therefore I don't think a minimum noise level is a bad idea. The tea party platform, however, is.

[Addison D.]

I guess I'm going to have to concede on this one. I've been bitching about it all afternoon and I keep running up against the "blind people" argument..>sigh<...

Fine. But I want mine programmed to play show tunes. Alert the blind: When you hear Merman, jump back up on the curb!

[Playbilly]

Un-PC: blind, deaf, dumb, Maxwell or McKean -- if you can't notice a car is about to hit ya cuz it is quiet, you are more disabled than you're letting on.

[Addison D.]

'Aight? Dats what I'm sayin'.