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Are Hybrid Cars Too Quiet to Be Safe for Pedestrians?

sciam.com — People love their hybrid automobiles because, above all, they sip rather than guzzle now pricey gasoline. But as the owner of a standard minivan, I also covet a less touted benefit of electric engines: they are delightfully quiet.

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  • diskit, on 07/30/2008, -0/+3Are you a pedestrian?
    Then watch where the F*CK you're going.
    Blind?
    Get a seeing-eye dog.
  • inactive, on 07/30/2008, -0/+2Carry a super-soaker full of piss in your car, and let 'em have it.
  • Dumbledorito, on 07/30/2008, -0/+2It would also help if people actually used the sidewalks. I know walking in the streets, especially if you fancy yourself a "gangsta" or a "thugg" makes you feel good about being a moron, but really, enough is enough.

    I mean, it used to just be people in baggy pants, but now I see joggers and dog-walkers out in the middle of the roads. And THEY get offended because I have the audacity to drive my car where they're walking.

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