http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/ Engadget Comments for Pedestrian Safety Act of 2009 to investigate the dangers of silent automobile engines http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/Apr 29th 2009 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/
55 seconds in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnzw_i4YmKk]]>Apr 29th 2009 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/Apr 29th 2009 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/Apr 29th 2009 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/Apr 29th 2009 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/Apr 29th 2009 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/Apr 29th 2009 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/Apr 29th 2009 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/Apr 29th 2009 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/
What's next? Car's are now flipping over a little too much because they are lighter, so let's make them heavier, yet still require the same MPG? It just doesn't work that way!]]>Apr 29th 2009 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/Apr 29th 2009 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/My Father is Blind. Thanks.]]>Apr 29th 2009 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/
And yet he is still alive, meaning he must not be stupid. Though I can see the issue here for the blind that may get a little careless or do not have the aid of a dog/person.]]>Apr 29th 2009 7:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/Apr 29th 2009 9:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/Apr 29th 2009 9:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/
@engadget: MASTODON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]]>Apr 29th 2009 9:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/
Your father will soon be selected against, best of luck to you seeing stuff!]]>Apr 29th 2009 10:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/Apr 30th 2009 2:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/
This act is necessary and I'm glad (read: impressed) to see that a government is spearheading this. This will save many lives. It is not an advertisement for inefficiency or for big oil - rather it is an intelligent assessment of an ever-more-present situation. It does not ignore human limitations, rather it works within its confines. Some form of sound is necessary to alert individuals (pedestrians and other drivers) to the presence of others on the road. This can be accomplished with something as simple as a low hum, which (through exposure) we will get used to (read: become conditioned) making the association between that and a vehicle.

As I said with the Zero S Motorcycles engadget review, and to quote Halo: "It's quiet... too quiet." Silence can be beautiful, but also deadly.

To put this into perspective, plug both of your ears and live for one day as a deaf person lives. Try to map your world and not make mistakes about where you think things are within your world. See which you prefer.]]>Apr 30th 2009 3:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/Apr 30th 2009 3:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/
We tried laissez-faire with the Bush administration; it didn't work. That's the reason why our internet services in the US are so shitty; other countries had government mandates and initiatives. In an economy like this, the last thing any company wants to do is R&D on non-existent safety standards.]]>Apr 30th 2009 5:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/
I think those Congressmen are just worry about their stock shares on the oil companies....]]>Apr 29th 2009 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/Apr 29th 2009 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/Apr 29th 2009 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/ problem solved.]]>Apr 29th 2009 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/Apr 29th 2009 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/Apr 29th 2009 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/Apr 29th 2009 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/
WRONG! they are both stupid and needlessly waste our tax dollars!]]>Apr 30th 2009 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/
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Thank you for not jumping to conclusions and oversimplifying.

In other words, thanks for exercising good judgment (it seems to be in short supply in these parts)]]>Apr 30th 2009 3:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/
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Thank you for not jumping to conclusions and oversimplifying.

In other words, thanks for exercising good judgment (it seems to be in short supply in these parts)]]>Apr 30th 2009 3:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/Apr 30th 2009 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/Apr 29th 2009 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/Apr 29th 2009 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/
Stop asking silly questions.

Maybe they should rename it to "Look Both Ways Before You Cross the Fucking Street Act of 2009."

/facepalm]]>Apr 29th 2009 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/Apr 29th 2009 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/Apr 29th 2009 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/
You have my vote for president, sir.]]>Apr 29th 2009 6:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/Apr 29th 2009 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/Apr 29th 2009 9:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/
Also, silent cars should emit ultrasound that can be picked up by those hearing aids.

Or maybe people should just stop walking, like on the Axiom.]]>Apr 29th 2009 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/Apr 29th 2009 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/
Or better yet, I can run over all the blind people with my stealthy hybrid bicycle -- Darwin and all that.]]>Apr 30th 2009 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/Apr 30th 2009 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/Apr 29th 2009 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/Apr 29th 2009 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/Apr 29th 2009 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/Apr 29th 2009 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/Apr 29th 2009 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/pedestrian-safety-act-of-2009-to-investigate-the-dangers-of-sile/
exactly, natural selection. when that beastly prius runs them over they are taken out of the gene pool]]>Apr 29th 2009 5:25PM