It used to be that silence was golden. Now, silence could kill.<\/p>\n
New models of quiet cars can be so noiseless that they can kill pedestrians because they could not hear them coming. Technology really is amazing, but unfortunately not always that well thought out. While it\u2019s nice that new cars are being marketed to discriminating buyers, one of the latest newcomers in the arena is the hybrid creep \u2013 which may also describe your daughter\u2019s boyfriend.<\/p>\n
In actual fact, the hybrid creep is what those gas-electric vehicles are being called; cars that hardly make any sound at all when they are going at a low speed. Noiseless vehicles are a potential danger to young children, the elderly and the blind. Think about that for a minute. Those who are blind rely on sound cues to find out where moving motor vehicles are in relation to their positions. If they can\u2019t hear the (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It used to be that silence was golden. Now, silence could kill. New models of quiet cars can be so noiseless that they can kill pedestrians because they could not hear them coming. Technology really is amazing, but unfortunately not…<\/span><\/p>\n