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I almost get hit by hybrids when not paying attention. Cars need to make noise like natural gas needs to have a scent added. Safety.
by rjurney 13y ago
I almost get hit by hybrids when not paying attention. Cars need to make noise like natural gas needs to have a scent added. Safety.
- jquery 13y agoI see a market for car engine "ringtones."
- onedev 13y agoPlease, anything but this. We have to do everything in our power to make sure cars don't have "ringtones".
- aetherson 13y agoNatural gas is invisible. Guess what isn't?
- MSM 13y agoThey're both invisible to a blind person.
- aetherson 13y agoSo are knives, a clearly dangerous object! Knives should be regulated to emit constant noise. No, seriously, I think you do the blind a disservice. I don't think that blind people rely on, "Hey, did I hear something" to mean, "I can blithely cross the street without danger."
- hughlomas 13y agoWhat a childish analogy, knives are not moving at high speed on every street.
- redacted 13y agoIn Dublin, the operators of our light tram system (the Luas) were forced to add bells after several collisions and near misses with drivers and pedestrians. Cars are smaller than trains.
- aetherson 13y agoHere in the SF Bay Area, we routinely have collisions between our (loud, and belled) train and drivers and pedestrians. It turns out, sometimes people run into trains. Even noisy ones.
- makomk 13y agoYou can only see cars when you're facing in the right direction and have a direct line of sight. Sure, if we redesigned every street on the planet to have perfect visibility with no blind corners, there'd be little need to worry. This may involve demolishing a few million towns and cities though.