In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:53:40 -0400: Hi, [snip]
I have been dreading this. Just when there was a chance that some of the noise pollution in cities would be abated by the introduction of electric cars, some bloody idiot decides to make them noisy. >Toyota announced that the Prius will now include a gadget to make >some noise at low speed to alert pedestrians to the presence of the >car. The gadget makes a noise "unlike a motor" more futuristic, >apparently. The sound level is 55 dB. It cuts out at speeds above 25 >kph. That's reasonable. > >They have an add-in version for the Prius model now being sold (the >third generation model) that costs $140. > >- Jed Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
