[blparent] Off topic electric cars

[Deborah Kent Stein]

Dear Carla,
 As parents we all walk our kids to one place or another - to school, to the
store, to a friend's house, to the park.  Concern about silently operating
vehicles can have a tremendous impact on our freedom to travel with our
kids.  So, from that perspective, this isn't an off-topic post at all.

Through the NFB I have been very much involved in efforts to find solutions
to the quiet car problem.  Right now there are House and Senate bills making
their way through Congress which call for a two-year study to come up with a
mandated solution; the manufacturers then have two years to implement the
solution that has been found.  We are hoping to establish some kind of
minimum sound standard that will not only apply to hybrid and electric
vehicles but to all vehicles, as many standard combustion cars have gotten
extremely quiet too.  If you would like to find out more you can join the
quiet cars listserv or visit quietcars.nfb.org.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karla Hudson" <HudsonKC at msu.edu>
To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 1:47 PM
Subject: [blparent] Off topic electric cars


> Sorry group I am going to get off topic here.  I live in Michigan and
> before
> you know it their going to be rolling these electric cars off the assembly
> line and into a neighborhood near all of us.  Can anyone tell what is
> being
> done to make these things audible? Who or what group is working on this
> problem.  I am sure I am not telling any of you any thing new but this is
> not only dangerous for blind people it is also a problem for small
> children,
> bikers and runners as well as other groups.  What can be done?  I walk so
> much I would hate to have that freedom taken from me.
>
> Any info you have will be helpful.
>
> Karla
>
>
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