I would love my Gen II Volt to sound like George Jetson's car.
Full article at: https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/30/arkamys-creates-space-age-safety-sounds-for-evs/In 2014, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration established the very cool-sounding “Minimum Sound Requirements for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles,” which does exactly what it says. It requires that 100 percent of all EVs and hybrids make some noise at low speeds by 2019. If a vehicle can move forward or in reverse without engaging an internal combustion engine, it needs to make some kind of noise that blind and visually impaired pedestrians can identify as coming from a moving vehicle.
No, it needs to sound like a Hellcat or a Raptor. Better yet, make it user changeable. LFA anyone?I would love my Gen II Volt to sound like George Jetson's car.
Sigh-full....... I prefer a quiet car that generates no noise at all. Sighless persons are a minority and cannot decide how the rest live and drive. If I see one sightless near the road, I just give a short blast of the regular horn.
I would like to be able to dial up the sound of a V12 Lamborghini Aventador while sitting at a traffic light (next to a Mustang) waiting for the green to come on.No, it needs to sound like a Hellcat or a Raptor. Better yet, make it user changeable. LFA anyone?
There is so much wrong with that statement that I barely know where to start.As the specs say "by 2019" I am not expecting this regulation to affect me. If I get my first EV I will disable the noise generating system, because our local traffic laws don't require it. We have enough noise on our roads as it is with gas engine rumbles. I prefer a quiet car that generates no noise at all. Sighless persons are a minority and cannot decide how the rest live and drive. If I see one sightless near the road, I just give a short blast of the regular horn.
I'm with you, Raymond! We can stand back-to-back and weather the PC storm.As the specs say "by 2019" I am not expecting this regulation to affect me. If I get my first EV I will disable the noise generating system, because our local traffic laws don't require it. We have enough noise on our roads as it is with gas engine rumbles. I prefer a quiet car that generates no noise at all. Sighless persons are a minority and cannot decide how the rest live and drive. If I see one sightless near the road, I just give a short blast of the regular horn.
Wow, 'PC storm.'I'm with you, Raymond! We can stand back-to-back and weather the PC storm.![]()
Yep, I'm sure. Common decency is being an attentive driver. Playing nanny is PC stupidity.Wow, 'PC storm.'
Are you sure it's not just common decency and respect for others?
I'm a little more old school, would like a low volume "Danger Will Robinson"EDIT: A George Jetson sound would be cool though. LOL!
I work in a college town, so add college students with earbuds and texting to this category. Noisy ice vehicles don't phase them.5) "Blind" covers a pretty wide spectrum of sight impaired. They don't all wear a sign and walk with a "white" cane, so your assumption that you would recognize them and have the time to alert them is suspect.