Comments on: Lotus Device Makes Fake Noise for Hybrids http://www.hybridcars.com/lotus-fake-noise-hybrids-08072/ Auto alternatives for the 21st century Mon, 03 Dec 2012 19:24:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Honda owner http://www.hybridcars.com/lotus-fake-noise-hybrids-08072/#comment-11861 Honda owner Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:46:05 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/wordpress12/?p=3369#comment-11861 I was a 2007 Honda Civic Hybrid owner. I can attest to the fact that hybrids are too quiet. Two weeks ago, I hit a pedestrian. He didnt make it. I was traveling at 50 mph at 8 pm. He with some friends, were crossing a unlit two lane hiway, diagonally. when you add not looking to not hearing, very bad combination. Some one does need to make something, maybe along the lines of the things we use to alert deer .If he could have heard me…he would still be alive. Another point ide like to add, the sensors for the front airbag ,are behind the front bumper, in this accident, the ped did not make contact with the front bumper, but with the license plate, then the hood, the windsheild and caved in the roof. and ..no air bag deployment. Thats a flaw that can cost a life. I thank God everyday that I didnt die that night. The car sustained major damage, more than enough to total it. Thankfully, my dog or I were not hurt.

]]> By: Ender http://www.hybridcars.com/lotus-fake-noise-hybrids-08072/#comment-11860 Ender Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:55:23 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/wordpress12/?p=3369#comment-11860 They should also add a fire hose on the side of every car, just in case Helen Keller decides to take a stroll across the interstate. Drivers can just press a button, activating the pedestrian washing warning.

]]> By: GORAN http://www.hybridcars.com/lotus-fake-noise-hybrids-08072/#comment-11859 GORAN Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:00:41 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/wordpress12/?p=3369#comment-11859 We have the answer for the problem that visually impaired pedestrians have with hybrid and electric cars. P.A.S.S. allows the car to stay quiet, until a visually impaired pedestrian activates the system. The car then sounds a tone that the pedestrian can track. It also alerts the driver to the fact that there is someone in the area who can’t see him and needs to hear him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovCMu5CI4Nc

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]]> By: Bryce http://www.hybridcars.com/lotus-fake-noise-hybrids-08072/#comment-11858 Bryce Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:44:08 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/wordpress12/?p=3369#comment-11858 I was just saying, artificial noises might be a little pointless.

]]> By: Old Man Crowder http://www.hybridcars.com/lotus-fake-noise-hybrids-08072/#comment-11857 Old Man Crowder Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:42:05 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/wordpress12/?p=3369#comment-11857 HAHAHAAAA!!! Nice one, Boom Boom!

Although, aren’t animals colour blind? If that’s the case, then I guess we’re stuck with putting artificial predator sounds on the bikes.

]]> By: Boom Boom http://www.hybridcars.com/lotus-fake-noise-hybrids-08072/#comment-11856 Boom Boom Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:58:17 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/wordpress12/?p=3369#comment-11856 My question for Bryce and Shines is “Was the squirrel/chipmunk blind?” Because that is what were talking about here…..

Maybe to save sighted squirrels and chipmunks from untimely deaths, we need to mandate painting cars a certain color which makes them more visible to rodents. And since Bryce hit the chipmunk (or almost..) with a non-hybrid car, clearly we need to paint those cars the same color to help rodents see and avoid cars.

I think that Shines gets extra points for kicking the squirrel in the head with a pedal. That is totally ninja, man. Next one gets it in the spokes and ends up in four pieces. Booyashaka.

]]> By: Bryce http://www.hybridcars.com/lotus-fake-noise-hybrids-08072/#comment-11855 Bryce Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:23:23 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/wordpress12/?p=3369#comment-11855 A chipmunk crossed the street and then started running down the road and we drove over him. I hope we didn’t hit him. We weren’t driving a hybrid, I just think that the creature didn’t know what to do. Animals reactions are a little different from human reactions.

]]> By: Shines http://www.hybridcars.com/lotus-fake-noise-hybrids-08072/#comment-11854 Shines Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:40:49 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/wordpress12/?p=3369#comment-11854 I must sadly report the first hybrid pedestrian death…
I was riding my electric bicycle to work this morning and a squirrel ran under it and hit his head on my pedal. “Cathunk” is was over in an instant. There was nowhere for me to turn – Actually I was coasting down an empty residential street and the squirrel saw me. If I didn’t know how stupid squirrels are I’d swear he did it on purpose (You see the Gieco Insurance commercial? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL1uFjSbvnA) – ran right under my tire. I kinda doubt if I made any noise it would have been any different…
now I’m going to have nightmares ;-b

]]> By: Bryce http://www.hybridcars.com/lotus-fake-noise-hybrids-08072/#comment-11853 Bryce Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:14:44 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/wordpress12/?p=3369#comment-11853 Well, bicyclists don’t weigh 3500 lbs. Nor do they usually travel faster than 25 mph.

]]> By: Old Man Crowder http://www.hybridcars.com/lotus-fake-noise-hybrids-08072/#comment-11852 Old Man Crowder Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:48:39 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/wordpress12/?p=3369#comment-11852 Atta boy, Curt. Way to follow along!

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