Adding a nice little purr to the hybrid motors might prove to catch the public's fancy, so maybe we're not just accomodating 0.5% of the population.
http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/ ______________________________ "God does not play dice with the Universe" -Albert Einstein "Albert, quit telling God what to do with His dice." -Niels Bohr >From: Ronn! Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <brin-l@mccmedia.com> >To: Killer Bs Discussion <brin-l@mccmedia.com> >Subject: Re: Hybrid Cars: An unexpected complaint >Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:53:53 -0500 > >At 07:23 AM Wednesday 10/3/2007, Jim Sharkey wrote: > > >Apparently, they're too quiet: > >http://money.excite.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_rt_top.jsp?news_id=ap-d8s1n79o0&; > > > >The National Federation for the Blind is complaining that when the > >cars are running on solely electricity, blind people cannot hear them > >and it could be dangerous as they cross the street. > > > >I'm not sure what they want to do about this. > > > >Equip them with a version of those noisemakers that you attach to >your bumper that supposedly warn deer> > > > > >I just can't see > >manufacturers going back to the drawing board to make their cars > >louder to satisfy less than 0.5% of the population. > > > >Jim > >NBF has a big sign on their building you can see from I-95. Who's it > >for? Maru > > > >Is it in Braille? > > >-- Ronn! :) > > > >_______________________________________________ >http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
