This has been a long time coming! It can be difficult for a blind person to hear a Prius while crossing a busy intersection. My guide dog was trained to detect a Prius, and demonstrated that Prius Prowess several times during our 2.5 week training period. The Prius sound choice should be put up for popular vote. Kevin in Hillsboro, OR
Sent from my cell > On Nov 15, 2016, at 8:44 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > A digital recording of a diesel idling would be perfect. > > On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 10:20 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> In NYC in the winter time you see mountain bikes with screws protruding >> from the knobbies for ice traction... >> -Curt >> >> From: Meade Dillon <dillonm...@gmail.com> >> To: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com>; Mercedes Discussion List < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 10:17 AM >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Can you hear my Pious now? >> >> No headphone, but often a wool hat over ears to fend off frostbite. >> Farmer John knobby tires were all the rage on mountain bikes back then, I >> could get through the snow pretty well, ice was another story. >> >> ------------- >> Max >> Charleston SC >> >> On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 10:03 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> I didn't think about bicycles in my previous reply, what you say makes >> sense, especially if you had headphones in. >> Still, you need to be aware of your surroundings, head on a spring and >> all... >> -Curt >> >> From: Max Dillon via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> Cc: Max Dillon <dillonm...@gmail.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 9:52 AM >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Can you hear my Pious now? >> >> A bicycle rider experiences wind noise and their own breathing noise that >> can completely drown out any reasonably quiet vehicle. In my college days >> I rode a mountain bike all over the UW Madison Wisconsin campus, and I had >> to pay very close attention to the buses with engines in the rear, they >> could overtake me and I wouldn't get any audibles, only visuals. >> -- >> Max Dillon >> Charleston SC >> '87 300TD >> '95 E300 >> >> On November 15, 2016 9:41:45 AM EST, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> On my bike, riding through a parking lot, one almost ran me over as I >>> was making a turn, it tried to go around me. >>> >>> In a rotary on my bike, one tried to go around me on the outside when I >>> >>> moved to go off the rotary onto another road it almost clipped me. >>> >>> In both cases I was in the "right" (dead right maybe, but still right) >>> according to traffic law and common sense. >>> >>> In both cases they were going rather slowly on battery, and made >>> absolutely no noticeable noise. >>> >>> --FT >>> >>> >>>> On 11/15/16 9:02 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: >>>> How can you not hear the noise a car makes on the pavement? They're >>> far from silent. I don't consider myself the most observant person in >>> the world but I notice when theres a car near me. Maybe I have a better >>> self preservation instinct than most people... >>>> -Curt >>>> >>>> From: Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>>> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>>> Cc: Floyd Thursby <buggeredbenzm...@gmail.com> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 8:59 AM >>>> Subject: [MBZ] OT Can you hear my Pious now? >>>> >>>> The gummint is going to require Pioi and other electron-powered >>> vehicles >>>> to make enough noise so you can hear it before it runs you over. >>> Having >>>> had close encounters of the second kind more than once I can relate. >>> >>> -- >>> --FT >>> Winston Churchill: >>> “Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, >>> large or petty, >>> never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. >>> Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might >>> of the enemy.” >>> >>> >>> _____________________________ __________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/ archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/ mailman/listinfo/mercedes_ okiebenz.com >> ______________________________ _________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/ archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/ mailman/listinfo/mercedes_ okiebenz.com >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________ _________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/ archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/ mailman/listinfo/mercedes_ okiebenz.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
