Toyota announced that the Prius will now include a gadget to make
some noise at low speed to alert pedestrians to the presence of the
car. The gadget makes a noise "unlike a motor" more futuristic,
apparently. The sound level is 55 dB. It cuts out at speeds above 25
kph. That's reasonable.
Th
do they have a website that plays the sound? :)
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 8:53 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
> Toyota announced that the Prius will now include a gadget to make some
> noise at low speed to alert pedestrians to the presence of the car. The
> gadget makes a noise "unlike a motor" more fu
I wrote:
The gadget makes a noise "unlike a motor" more futuristic, apparently.
I guess it means the sound is unlike the internal combustion engine,
and more like the electric motor. That is annoying whine like a giant
mosquito. I guess it is better than playing a cell-phone ring tone or
"P
They should use "Turkey in the Straw" so you can grab the kid's ice
cream money and split (banana).
T
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:53:40 -0400:
Hi,
[snip]
I have been dreading this. Just when there was a chance that some of the noise
pollution in cities would be abated by the introduction of electric cars, some
bloody idiot decides to make them noisy.
>Toyota announc
Robin van Spaandonk wrote:
> I have been dreading this. Just when there was a chance that some of the
> noise
> pollution in cities would be abated by the introduction of electric cars,
> some
> bloody idiot decides to make them noisy.
>
Calm down. It isn't so bad. Nobody hates noise and light p
Okay, how about "It's a Small World"?
(I can feel those who have been to Disney throwing visual daggers for
re-infecting their brain.)
And for those who have not been so fortunate, imagine a city of
electric vehicles playing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxvlKp-76io
the song which infects eve
When riding a bicycle on a path shared by pedestrians, it is usually
considered good form to alert the walker with "on your right", "on your
left" or equivalent, which is a bit saner than indiscriminant "noise," which
presumably needs to be much louder in order to achieve the proper attention
level
Jed Sez:
> Calm down. It isn't so bad. Nobody hates noise and light pollution
> more than me, but I can see the wisdom of this. It is a necessary
trade-off.
> Sometimes a beautiful technology has to be compromised for practical
reasons.
...
Leave it to the Japanese to be sensitive about these m
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