sorry to say "amen brother" Philadelphia has a few 5 way "circles" and other pents in my area and I'm not looking forward to the standard "driving idiot" (sorry, overwhelmed multi tasking visual person at the wheel) smacking me with a silent bullet. Center City Philadelphia has trouble enough with bicycles, and don't need the silent vehicle weighing over a ton.
On Wed, 20 Feb 2008, David Sexton wrote: > There are many of these electric cars here in Madison. There are also many > streets that have odd intersections that come together at very odd angles. > Sometimes 5 streets come together at once. There are also roads with stop > signs as there are everywhere. When there is a stop sign and no parallel > traffic and an electric car is going or waiting at the stop sign I certainly > can't hear it. There have been many times when if I were using my cane and > not my dog I would have been squashed. > David > adi----- Original Message ----- > From: Trouble > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 9:03 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Hear It Coming, Before It Knocks You Over. > > > you would think they could find a issue that is more forth coming > then a handful of cars. When I see or hear more of them on the road > then mini vans. i will take notice, but for now i just go with > traffic like everyone else. > A bigger issue is identification of money, witch they stepped away > from, Better transportation within town and cities, and more > education for the public that thinks helpless still spells blind. > New name for NFB, Not For the Blind! > > At 09:56 PM 2/19/2008, you wrote: > > >Sure hope the NFB leadership don't get a donation from these folks. > >RJ > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Boyce, Ray > >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > >Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 21:37 > >Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Hear It Coming, Before It Knocks You Over. > > > >Members of the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) will testify > >before the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee regarding the extreme > >danger silent > >hybrid cars pose to the blind, as well as other pedestrians, cyclists, > >and small children. > > > >Date: February 19, 2008 > >Time: 1:00 p.m. > >Location: Miller Senate Office Building, Room 2 East > >Annapolis, Maryland 21401 > > > >When compared to vehicles using traditional combustion engines, hybrid > >vehicles are virtually silent when accelerating and decelerating, making > >it impossible > >for blind individuals to detect their presence. To address this problem, > >Senator Norman Stone has introduced Senate Bill 276. If passed, the bill > >will > >establish a task force to make recommendations regarding a minimum sound > >standard for all new vehicles sold and licensed in Maryland. > > > >About the National Federation of the Blind > > > >With more than 50,000 members, the National Federation of the Blind is > >the largest and most influential membership organization of blind people > >in the United > >States. The NFB improves blind people's lives through advocacy, > >education, research, technology, and programs encouraging independence > >and self-confidence. > >It is the leading force in the blindness field today and the voice of > >the nation's blind. In January 2004 the NFB opened the National > >Federation of the > >Blind Jernigan Institute, the first research and training center in the > >United States for the blind led by the blind. > > > >National Federation of the Blind > > > >********************************************************************** > >This message and its attachments may contain legally > >privileged or confidential information. If you are not the > >intended recipient, you must not disclose or use the > >information contained in it. If you have received this e-mail > >in error, please notify the sender immediately by return > >e-mail and delete the e-mail. > > > >Any content of this message and its attachments which > >does not relate to the official business of Eraring Energy > >must be taken not to have been sent or endorsed by > >Eraring Energy. No warranty is made that the e-mail or > >attachment(s) are free from computer virus or other defect. > >********************************************************************** > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > Tim > trouble > "Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance." > --Sam Brown > > Blindeudora list owner. > To subscribe or info: http://www.freelists.org/webpage/blindeudora > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
