Electric cars have to make noise on purpose because otherwise it would be a silent car. And most of these noises are are weird futuristic WEEEE-00000 UFO sounds. Therefore I posit that we should be able to change the noises our electric cars make

EDIT: These suggestions are Top-Notch! Keep em coming!

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[–] -5 points 4 months ago (5 children)

sounds like a pedestrian problem. just because you're walking doesn't absolve you from remaining attentive to the flow of traffic just as much, if not more, than when driving.

In 50+ years I have never had a vehicle sneak up on me. no car, no motorcycle, no bicycle.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    Congratulations!

    The rest of us, flawed creatures that we are, sometimes slip - we may even think we're actively attending to our environment while also chatting, thinking, or paying attention to something else. It's a shortcut our brains take: when they get accustomed to things working (or sounding) one way, they'll focus on those cues instead of other, potentially subtler, cues. Even if we're actively trying not to

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