194
Blind woman says quiet electric cars are dangerous, would need louder cars (because we don't actually have walkable cities...) (www.bbc.com)
submitted 4 weeks ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.ca
91 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 14 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

There's at least one EV that parks outside my building. I can tell because every night like clockwork it sounds like a 50's era sci-fi flying saucer is taking off.

That being said, I've almost been mowed down by a few whisper quiet ones when they shoot out of blind alleys.

It would be nice to have a happy medium.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

    I feel like this is one of those cases where the solution is just being really really precise about how it's done, like it's gotta be juuuuuuust the right sound and it's gotta ramp up in volume in precisely the right way depending on both the speed AND acceleration and maybe the cars even need microphones so they can adjust the sound according to the acoustics around them.. Or, you know, we could just stop having cars near people.

    I've done this kinda tweaking with the acceleration and braking on my e-scooter and it makes a world of difference to how it comes from the factory, it feels waaaaaay safer and easier to control.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent