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Ever walk up to your car in the parking lot then realize... that's not your car? Now identify your car from across the parking lot. In California, where every
by ksherlock 7y ago
Ever walk up to your car in the parking lot then realize... that's not your car? Now identify your car from across the parking lot. In California, where every other car is a ticky tacky Tesla (and they all look just the same). There are already anecdotes of people wondering why their car isn't summoning only to realize ... that's not their car.
- dragonwriter 7y ago> In California, where every other car is a ticky tacky Tesla I live in California, and if I see five Teslas in a day it's an unusual cluster. Now, Silicon Valley probably has a greater proportion of Teslas, but Silicon Valley isn't typical of the state.
- eclipxe 7y agoI’m in Orange County and I usually see 8-12 on a short drive. Easily 30-40 across a normal day with a 15 minute commute.
- ultrasounder 7y agoLive in SV and my commute i see average of 30 M3s, about 10 S and 5 X mostly on 101. Also i see about 5 delivery truck packing about 5 cars each every day. Thats a lot of cars.
- HeyLaughingBoy 7y agoReally? Even just during my 10 minute walk to work in Minneapolis, MN I'll probably see five every day.
- jumpingmice 7y agoWhy do people say that highly populous areas are “not typical”?
- dragonwriter 7y agoMedian household income in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro area is over $100K, for the state as a whole it's about $70K. That's one reason the former isn't typical of the latter.
- loceng 7y agoFair point - so certain scenarios likely would benefit from visual and perhaps audio signals, lights flashing - certain lighter horn noise. Perhaps even listening to audio for someone nearby to be able to say "stop" and the vehicle would stop - or respond similarly to other horn noises.
- CedarMadness 7y agoNew electric cars have a low speed noise maker in the US (required by law after sometime this year), but most Teslas on the road now were built before this was a requirement.
- loceng 7y agoI think that's one of the stupidest additives of constant noise pollution - noise pollution being one reason people zone out and stop paying attention to their environment, rather than people being aware that they're about to step onto a road.
- wiggles_md 7y agoNot everyone can see.
- loceng 7y agoAnd those people are going to be much less likely to randomly, unexpectedly walk out in front of traffic where it's not a designated crosswalk. I bet their hearing is refined, heightened, to more easily notice quieter electric vehicles as well.
- jakeogh 7y agoAs someone who grew up before smartphones, with plenty of noise pollution, I am sure it's not the noise. People cross the street stairing at their hands.
- hawaiianbrah 7y ago