Normy |
03-17-2010 09:20 PM |
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Originally Posted by UconnTim97
(Post 5242412)
I always thought jogging was dangerous, now I have proof. ;)
I almost walked in front of a hybrid car the other day, I did not hear it coming. So I imagine a jogger with an ipod would not hear an unpowered plane coming at them.
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The manufacturers of electric cars are going to install speakers at the front and rear to emit sound. The big question has been just what sound to emit; right now, the sound planned is the sound that the Tai fighter [bad guys] in the movie Star Wars had.
-Two weeks ago, I was in Memphis. I wound up stuck in traffic on Poplar Avenue in the Jetta GLX that I keep up there, and a Tesla roadster came next to me in traffic. It was cold out, but I dropped the window to hear what the car sounded like. There was a tiny whine when the gray-hair driving the car drove away from the light. That car was too silent! I wanted to talk to him so much! Gear-head Normy runs across a brand-new example of one of the most significant vehicles of the decade which has a totally different drive, yet I was trying to get into Whole-Foods in my VR6 and couldn't get the driver to react to me at all!
I was only next to him for a few seconds, I guess he didn't notice me.
That car makes NO noise. It is dangerous for runners, that is my educated opinion.
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