03-10-2008, 09:52 AM
Having driven a hybrid for 5 years, this seems wrong to me. The hybrid engine is quiet, but the hybrid in motion makes noise just from the tires rolling down the street same as any other car.
I will vouch I have more than once made the mistake of trying to restart my hybrid when it was stopped at an intersection because the motor was that quiet. And this was not on the Econ setting, which turns the motor off at intersections.
But once the vehicle is stopped at the intersection it's not really a hazard, is it? I doubt the hybrid owner is going to power up and barrel over a blind pedestrian.
I think blind people are at risk from reckless drivers, and hybrid owners don't fit that category. No one who likes to drive fast and accelerate would be happy driving a hybrid as they are relatively gutless.
I will vouch I have more than once made the mistake of trying to restart my hybrid when it was stopped at an intersection because the motor was that quiet. And this was not on the Econ setting, which turns the motor off at intersections.
But once the vehicle is stopped at the intersection it's not really a hazard, is it? I doubt the hybrid owner is going to power up and barrel over a blind pedestrian.
I think blind people are at risk from reckless drivers, and hybrid owners don't fit that category. No one who likes to drive fast and accelerate would be happy driving a hybrid as they are relatively gutless.