[nagdu] hybrid car noises

[Tamara Smith-Kinney]

Jewel,

Love the creativity with the marketing spin.  That is so cool.

I'll go pack my bags now to move far, far into the remote wilderness now and
never go to town again.  /grin/  I suppose once one got used to it, the
various sounds would just be additional information to sort and filter.  I'm
suddenly imaging standing the first time at an intersection listening to
galloping hooves, speeders, birds, tribal war calls...  I wouldn't know
which movie I was suddenly in!

Your point about identifying which kind of car hit you, though, is a good
one.  Thank goodness, I've never had more than a (very) near miss or so, but
it is infuriating to realize that I would have no information to help the
cops trace the driver if I did get hit.  Ugh!

I am going to have some weird dreams tonight... /lol/

Tami Smith-Kinney

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Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 9:58 AM
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] hybrid car noises

There was a spoof arin the Entertainment section, I think it was the
New York Times, that was actually quite funny. These different
companies with hybrids were looking into different sounds for their
hybrids, and they told what they wanted to do. One company said their
sound was going to be either the sound of a speeder (the car-like
ships in Star Wars) or the sound of a holoship from Star Trek. Another
company said because they had several different hybrids and electric
cars, each model would have its own sound that would become an
advertisement of the car. For example, say there was a hybrid Mustang
(there i sn't). The sound for the hybrid mustang might be a galloping
horse. And when you heard the sound of a horse galloping in the city,
you would know that it was a Mustang, and you might admire its sleek
moves and nice shape, and want one.

I kinda like the idea of different sounds for different cars for one
reason (it would mean that blind people could identify a car that hit
us by model, making it easier to find), but hate the idea for another
reason (can you imagine the sound of ten hybrid cars all in the same
area, each with their own sound? It would be a chaos of sounds!)

My two cents,
Jewel simi

On 3/25/10, Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net> wrote:
> Albert, I think of those deer whistles too, when thinking of noises to be
> added to hybrid cars.  But I also think of an old Bill Cosby bit from my
> youth.  He said all the kids had their own music that they hummed as they
> went along (way back, in the days before boomboxes).  So I picture
> everyone having their own music for their car to make.  Just my silly
> fancy.
> Tracy
>
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