I believe the proper warning is, "zoom zoom, I'm coming through". hee hee. ;-)
Ed 300E On 7 July 2010 16:39, WILTON <wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > 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 >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
