Knowing that my electric scooter is too quiet, I try to warn people in front
of me when shopping, "Coming past you on the right/left, etc." 'Guess I
could rig a playing card to rub against a tire tread. ;<))))))
Wilton
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rich Thomas" <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 4:14 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes
A group of us was cycling a couple weeks ago, a Pious on battery passed us
too closely (dumbass driver too, imagine that), and no one heard it. It
was sorta scary and surprising, this thing just materialized right next to
us, very close. It was kind of an Ohsh** moment for all of us. Usually
whoever is in the back of the pack hears a car and hollers so we get over
to the right as far as we can, with this thing if someone had moved over a
bit to dodge something on the road, we all probably would have been knocked
down and run over. I wonder if one could sue Toyota for something like
that, since they are being sued for everything else now -- knowing that
being so quiet is dangerous, yet they have done nothing about it.
I seem to recall that there was some harsh invective hurled at the driver,
along with certain hand gestures, not that it did any good.
--R
On 7/7/2010 3:55 PM, E M wrote:
A Prius owner almost back into me while walking in a parking lot
yesterday,
and damn near ran me over. I really do try hard not to think of all
Prius
owners as idiots, but they're not giving me much to work with.
They're always complaining about me wasting all the oil, running my
Porsche. Well they're wasting all the electricity in their "feel good
but
do nothing cars", that I could be using to run my air conditioner.
Ed
300E
On 7 July 2010 14:36, WILTON<wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote:
'Just saw a Prius with 4 Buick "port holes."
BTW, elec vehicle makers are scrambling to "find," build and install
noise
makers on their vehicles to improve low-speed safety for pedestrians. A
clothes pin and a playing card worked pretty good on our bikes. ;<))))
Wilton
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