We favour the old bicycle bell. Not that it would make any difference: most pedestrians these days are zombied out on iPods and wouldn't hear an ordinary engine anyhow.
24 September 2009
'Deadly' electric silence?
After years of trying to make cars sound as if they were riding on air, engineers are considering how they might bring back some noise. They're trying to make some of them -- those silent hybrids -- more audible. Washington Post.
We favour the old bicycle bell. Not that it would make any difference: most pedestrians these days are zombied out on iPods and wouldn't hear an ordinary engine anyhow.
We favour the old bicycle bell. Not that it would make any difference: most pedestrians these days are zombied out on iPods and wouldn't hear an ordinary engine anyhow.
