No it's not April 1st

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.timesonlin...nt/article7115259.ece

A good idea or more mad-cap ruling from the EU?

[rojash]

What's madcap about ensuring the safety of pedestrians and cyclists by having electric vehicles give audible warning of their presence?
The only daft thing in this story is the headline.

[Gromit]

Bicycles are a silent mode of transport, so they have an audible warning device fitted to them - it's called a bell.

Paedophile's could have the 'Popeye' theme played on a Bon Tempe organ.

[jackthehat]

My Dad (an ex-policeman) was of the opinion that "Oi !!! Gerrout of the bloody way......"
was also an audible warning device.........

[jake-the-peg]

Why would this be any more foolish that Lorries making warning noises?


Mind you thanks for the link - Until I read to the bottom I had no idea that the whirring noise made by ATM machines was artificial to give us confidence they were working!

[jake-the-peg]

meant to say lorries making warning noises on reversing

[joggerjayne]

Good idea.

Loud is safe ... ask anyone with a motorbike ! (not many people get knocked off Harleys or KTMs)

[jno]

a good idea, since you ask.

[jake-the-peg]

As I recall Eddie milk floats made the most attrocious noise - motor whirring, milk bottles chinking etc.

Add in the fact they were large and didn't do much more than a couple of miles an hour.

I don't think that's a particularly good example

[sp1814]

A good idea.

Can't see a single thing wrong with it.

[anotheoldgit]

/// Add in the fact they were large and didn't do much more than a couple of miles an hour.///

/// I don't think that's a particularly good example ///

/// The industry believes an artificial sound is likely to be needed only at speeds below 20mph ///

About the speed of a milk float, then.

[jno]

In quoting jake's post you accidentally failed to mention the point about milk floats making lots of noise, which modern electrical cars don't.

[anotheoldgit]

sp1814

/// Among the options were “white noise, computer noise or Star Wars noise” — but not the throaty roar of a powerful engine. ///

'White Noise'??????

I would have thought you would have picked up on this one.

[Gromit]

// 'White Noise'??????

I would have thought you would have picked up on this one. //

AOG: You are colour and race obsessed. Even by you standards, finding a race angle from an article about electric cars is brilliant.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_noise

[jno]

Gromit, statistics show that in countries where electric cars make black noise there is an instant descent into savagery, and a concomitant rise in people asking why can't they have awards for noises of white origin.

[Quinlad]

^^^ Superb.

[Thomas]

...but can you drive one wearing a burkha?