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Electric cars that don't make much noise seem more dangerous to me as a pedestrian.
by drewcoo 3y ago
Electric cars that don't make much noise seem more dangerous to me as a pedestrian.
- karma_pharmer 2y agoIf the people who modify their exhaust systems are forced to buy EVs they will simply modify their stereo system instead. EVs won't affect the noise problem, they'll just cause the assholes to change their tactics.
- sir0010010 3y agoWe probably need cars to make some noise (to warn pedestrians) without being obnoxiously loud.
- grotorea 3y agoIf it came down to it we could mandate electric cars make noise while moving. But this post is about cars that are modified to be way noisier than standard petrol cars.
- readams 3y agoThis is literally true right now that we require electric cars to make noise.
- XlA5vEKsMISoIln 3y ago[flagged]
- mrinterweb 3y agoI appreciate how Dominos complied with Netherland's electric vehicle noise law. Pretty brilliant, IMO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n17B_uFF4cA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n17B_uFF4cA
- etrautmann 3y agoThat would quickly become intolerable but the video is funny
- xtiansimon 3y agoIt’s funny in the way Luc Besson envisions the urban dystopian future in the Fifth Element—machines, advertising and funny voices.
- onemoresoop 3y agoOh please. We don't need tractor noise levels coming out of cars to make them safe.
- tialaramex 3y agoSo, at low speeds (when tyre noise isn't noticeable) most EVs add a noise, because in many jurisdictions they're required to do so and there are no jurisdictions where it's illegal for cars to make a noise because historically yeah, they're cars, they make a noise. At higher speeds you can here something moving - there are tyres rolling at high speed over a stone-like surface and that's inherently noisy no matter if there's an engine of any sort.
- tensor 3y agoMost high efficiency gas cars are far quieter than electric cars with the required noise makers these days. Pedestrian warning noises should also apply to gas cars.
- spacemadness 3y agoAnd this is why we can‘t have nice things.