[Ct-nfb] Motor Vehicle Safety Comments Needed

[Nathanael T. Wales]

Justin,

Thank you for encouraging us to do this.  Even if you've never submitted a 
comment in a rule-making like this, it's very straightforward to do; as a 
starting point, I've copied my comment below for anyone who wants to use it 
though it should only be a starting point for you.  It's also most effective 
to comment only on the matters the Federal government is asking about: the 
kind of noise the cars should make, whether low speed vehicles should emit a 
noise, etc.  Other comments already submitted can be linked to from the 
following home website:

https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2013/01/14/2013-00359/federal-motor-vehicle-safety-standards-minimum-sound-requirements-for-hybrid-and-electric-vehicle

It could take a few days for your comment to be posted since an agency staff 
employee will review it first, but you will receive a tracking number to 
track it.  If you do read the other 90 or so comments, you'll see why your 
targeted comments are important.

Here's what I submitted:

I am in favor of these regulations for the safety of all pedestrians, 
including blind pedestrians.  I am reminded of the song we always used to 
sing in kindergarten at the end of the day, "Stop, look, listen, before you 
cross the street..."; while cars that are silent at low speeds seem nice for 
the environment, they are dangerous.  I ask that the sound emitted at low 
speeds be as similar to an internal combustion engine as possible, since 
this is the option most natural in the environment.  Of course, I would have 
no problem with a maximum permissible decible level.  I ask that this 
regulation be applied to low speed vehicles.

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Best,
Nathanael Wales


-----Original Message----- 
From: Justin Salisbury
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 9:41 PM
To: ct-nfb at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Ct-nfb] Motor Vehicle Safety Comments Needed

Fellow Federationists:

As you probably know, the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act institutes a 
minimum noise emission for motor vehicles.  We need to make sure that those 
sounds put into the motor vehicles actually sound like motor vehicles.  Some 
people have expressed interest in putting what are effectively ringtones on 
their cars that could sound like UFOs or good old music.  We need cars to 
sound like cars so that we know what they are when they're coming.

Please take a minute to visit the following link and leave comments to make 
sure that we end up hearing cars that sound like cars instead of cars that 
sound like UFOs.

http://www.regulations.gov/#!submitComment;D=NHTSA-2011-0148-0075

Yours in Federationism,

Justin Salisbury


Justin M. Salisbury
B.A. in Mathematics
Class of 2012
East Carolina University
president at alumni.ecu.edu

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change 
the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”    —MARGARET MEAD


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