[Ct-nfb] Motor Vehicle Safety Comments Needed

[Deb Reed]

Great opportunity for all of us. I posted a comment but did not review it
so I will not be able to see it until it is used on the website. Remember
we all have voice for a reason, let's use them. Deb

On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 4:30 PM, Nathanael T. Wales <ntwales at omsoft.com>wrote:

> 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<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.
>
> --
> 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<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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