bepperb
- May 8, 2008 6:27 am
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I was hit by a ford ranger when I was 19, and I'll be the first to say... it takes two idiots for someone to be hit by a car. One to stand where cars drive and not pay attention, and another to drive it into him. This being a child, the blame lies between he and his parents (or whomever was responsible at the time), and also with the car's driver. But to use the fact he couldn't hear the car coming as an excuse is unbelieveable. Could he see the car? Did someone teach him to "listen both ways before you cross the street?" And what for the driver, they figured since they couldn't hear the car it must not be able to hit anyone.
Let's all go back to London in the 1800's and make someone walk in front of hybrid cars with a bell to keep these morons from further hurting themselves.
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estreka
- May 8, 2008 6:34 am
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subarctic north - Great Falls, MT |
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Ridiculous. You look for cars with your eyes, not ears. The is the fault of the parents and child, not the car.
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I'm actually for hybrids and EVs having to make a minimal amount of noise. Hehehe
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brn
- May 8, 2008 9:57 am
(#5 Total: 13)
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The article says he SAW the car. Freekin ridiculous.
Who gives these morons air time?
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Yeah, right. Easy excuse to blame someone or something else, especially one that is already in the news and litigation, rather than the person actually at fault.
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Residential street paving typically allows for reasonable tire noise. Isn't that usually louder than engines themselves, at those speeds?
For an easy solution they could take a cue from my girlfriend's RSX - from outside the car, when it's at low speeds, the loudest thing about it by far is the cooling fan!
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billt9
- May 8, 2008 5:36 pm
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You don't hear cars when you're biking. Wind noise would drown out car noise anyways.
You wouldn't hear any cars at crawling speeds with wind rushing by your ears. You would rely on your eyes.
This is a simple kid-rides-bike-in-front-of-car, which happens all the time. Nothing to do with hybrids.
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So should I just drive my SRT-4 with the downpipe opened right below the turbo for maximum sound? If the government would like that, I won't complain.
Seriously, though, one must question if flashing lights and daytime running lamps need to be required for hearing impaired persons, sirens for speeds under 35 mph for blind, and mild sprinkler systems for the 21st century Helen Kellers?
Bureaucracy at its finest.
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Hopefully this doesn't give ammo to the 50-year-old dentists who put straight pipes on their armchair-on-wheels Road Kings because "loud pipes save lives".
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steve_
- May 9, 2008 10:26 am
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@billt9 - I biked a lot back in my 20s and 30s. I got to where I could hear a car approaching behind me from blocks away.
I like the Japanese clip-clop sound effects idea myself.
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I wish they had hybrids when I was a kid. When I was 11, I rode my bike across a road without looking. Got hit by a car and ended up with a wrecked bike and stay in the hospital while all my friends were enjoying summer vacation.
It would have been so nice if I (or my parents)could just blame the magic silent car but since they weren't invented then I just had to admit I was stupid and didn't look.
Life is so much easier now when you just blame others for your mistakes.
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billt9
- May 11, 2008 6:17 pm
(#13 Total: 13)
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Inattentive kid biker ftw!
You could potentially net your parents some lawsuit money if you get hit by one of those new-technology-thingamajigs!
Sue sue sue sue sue
Everybody dust off your bikes and go for the gold!
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