Hybrid Car Noise Bill to Protect Pedestrians

[mgeary]

There's a measurable, verifiable link between putting a vehicle in reverse gear and getting in an accident. In the county fire department that I work for, we did a little research and found over half of all accidents occurred in reverse gear. It's easy to show that driving in reverse does NOT account for half of all miles driven by our fire trucks, so there is an extra-ordinary hazard associated with driving in reverse gear. Namely, lack of adequate visibility, and it's born out by the accident statistics.

Back to the original idea, there is no measurable, verifiable link between driving a hybrid car and striking a blind pedestrian. Somebody, somewhere has an idea that there might be such a link, but it hasn't been shown, statistically.

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