Hippies And Their Fancy Cars Murder Blind People
Hybrid vehicles are so quiet they can mow down blind people in the streets, and will, unless cars are built to emit a minimum of decibel levels.
In an article that made me think, "Huh, why didn't I suppose that before? After all, I'm wicked fekkin' smaht" the National Federation of the Blind railed against those silently humming gas-savers as potential death traps for visually impaired individuals attempting to cross the street. Blind people, after all, rely on traffic sounds to determine safe passage.
This comes one month after courts determined that U.S. currency, as is, discriminates against the blind.
Verdict? We need to think hard during the manufacturing process.
Hybrid vehicles pose silent threat to the blind [The Boston Globe]
NeonMadman
Posted to Hot Stuff, In Your Car, In the News on 27 June 2008
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"wicked smaht"? You must also be from Massachusetts. :)
I think we've reached the age where horn technology needs an upgrade. You should be able to press it lightly for a sound quieter than the pedestrian heart-stopping terror that usually comes out. Maybe you could even hold it down for a nice, subtle "vroom" sound.
Or a meow. Or a customizable horn sound, like "FUCKING MOVE IT" or some kind of song.