It takes about six months to get approved for a suppressor for a gun, but any idiot can drive a silent but deadly Prius.
The skateboarder injured Monday night in a car crash at Marin and Tulare avenues is in “grave” condition, authorities said Tuesday morning. Berkeley Police said, after their preliminary investigation, that it appeared the driver of a Prius was eastbound on Marin Avenue making a northbound turn onto Tulare when he hit a skateboarder who was westbound on Marin.
Former El Cerrito Student in Grave Condition After Prius Crash on Marin – Albany, CA Patch
Hybrid cars are a cyclist’s worst nightmare, because you can’t hear them coming.
They’re now developing regulations to try to make sure these electric cars make at least some noise. Nevertheless, these silent but deadly vehicles are a danger to everyone. Anyone can easily make the fatal mistake of stepping out in front of such a vehicle. How many more billions of dollars in govt subsidies must we spend to get more of these vehicles on the road? If we lose even just one life is it worth it?
Sucks to be you if your one of the hearing Impaired. One rule to follow, if it has more mass than you, get out of it’s way or it sucks to be you.
Like most of the elderly. And what about those that just don’t always look both ways when their sense is that there’s no cars for miles, and then out of the blue… WHAM.
Never happened to Me, Because I always look both ways again and again, with people that are hearing impaired they do too. 😆 There is a saying out there about traffic, he was in the right, dead right.
What about around a blind corner? You may pretty much look both ways, but everything is quiet also so that gives you additional confidence to cross the street, and then WHAM, you dead.
Drone attack. 😆
What about this one Eric?
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I remember reading a few years back about engineers working on a new type of road pavement that would reduce tire noise, and thought about how deadly that could be as more and more electric cars and bicycles are sharing those same roads.
Seeing as how The irrational left doesn’t mind bald eagles being killed to save the bird shredding wind turbines they would likely make it a criminal violation to ride your bike on a public street before they would regulate their beloved Prius.
I had the same issue with the electric forklifts used in a place I worked you didnt hear em coming, and I have A1 hearing.
Prius buyers need a Sanity check!
why would you pay 3x the price for so much less?
unless you were mad.