[nfbmi-talk] Quiet Cars

[Fred Wurtzel]

Hi Joe,

Isn't that fascinating!  Sighted people are always saying our hearing is better because one sense compensates for the los of another.  Then, this author implies superiority of sighted people's hearing.  

Warmest Regards,

Fred

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On May 17, 2012, at 1:13 AM, "Joe Sontag" <suncat0 at gmail.com> wrote:

> "Hybrids and electric cars are too quiet for the blind or even the fully sighted to hear them coming."
> Oh boy, don't get me started.  Good article otherwise.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marcus Simmons" <marcussimmons at comcast.net>
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> 
>> SHHHHHHHH
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Wurtzel" <f.wurtzel at att.net>
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>> Cc: "'George Wurtzel'" <gmwurtzel at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 11:02 PM
>> Subject: [nfbmi-talk] Quiet Cars
>> 
>> 
>>> The Silent Killer
>>> 
>>> Hybrids are so quiet that pedestrians never hear them coming. Now automakers
>>> are
>>> 
>>> racing to make the car of the future sound like the gas guzzlers of old.
>>> 
>>> By
>>> 
>>> Paul Collins
>>> 
>>> |
>>> 
>>> Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at 7:07 AM ET
>>> 
>>> A Toyota Prius car.
>>> 
>>> The quiet engine of hybrid and electric cars at low speeds poses a risk to
>>> pedestrians