[blparent] Off topic electric cars

[Tammy, Paul and Colyn]

Hi,

Oh that'll be great for crossings...20 cars at each intersection playing 
music!  lol  What a ridiculous idea!

Tammy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 6:46 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Off topic electric cars


>I read an article I believe it was in consumer reports not too long ago and
> it said one of the Asian car companies were looking into installing a
> mechanism that plays music when the car is being run by solar power. V
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Deborah Kent Stein
> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:29 AM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Off topic electric cars
>
>
>
> 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
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> blparent mailing list
>> blparent at nfbnet.org
>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blparent_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>> blparent:
>>
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blparent_nfbnet.org/dkent5817%40worldn
> et.att.net
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> blparent mailing list
> blparent at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blparent_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> blparent:
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blparent_nfbnet.org/madison_tewe%40spi
> nn.net
>
> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
> Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2667 - Release Date: 02/04/10
> 00:35:00
>
> _______________________________________________
> blparent mailing list
> blparent at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blparent_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
> blparent:
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blparent_nfbnet.org/tcl189%40rogers.com