07-22-2008, 05:04 AM
I saw a similar article in the local paper. Apparently, even internal combustion vehicles are getting so quiet that there was little difference in noise generation between them and a hybrid in a recent study. I don't have the citation. I can find it if anyone is interested.
Still a dumb idea to me to regulate a problem that doesn't exist. Until somebody can demonstrate that blind pedestrians are being injured and/or killed disproportionately due to quiet vehicles, I don't know how somebody can claim that there's a problem. Just because I imagine that there's a problem doesn't mean that the problem actually exists.
Aloha! ;-)
Still a dumb idea to me to regulate a problem that doesn't exist. Until somebody can demonstrate that blind pedestrians are being injured and/or killed disproportionately due to quiet vehicles, I don't know how somebody can claim that there's a problem. Just because I imagine that there's a problem doesn't mean that the problem actually exists.
Aloha! ;-)
Aloha! ;-)