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[LASERBLUE135]

Such a shame it costs $100k. I bet they'd get more customers if they could drop the cost to $50-$60k.

like said above, insurance will skyrocket, but anyone who owns one of these is not concerned with insurance price or with the $100k sticker.

..you know if the company does well they can invest in a cheaper slightly less sporty model for average folks!!!

 

[kickniteasy]

great......another amazing car falling victim to a dumb driver....

I say he got a little too pedal happy and couldn't brake in time.

 

[i12drivemyMP5]

Silent farts are much more dangerous than noisy ones so why not cars?

 

[altspace]

Doh! That'll buff out.

 

[Koenig]

like said above, insurance will skyrocket, but anyone who owns one of these is not concerned with insurance price or with the $100k sticker.

..you know if the company does well they can invest in a cheaper slightly less sporty model for average folks!!!

I don't see your insurance post, that's why I asked... LOL (spank)

But yeah, if you can afford a $100k car, I doubt you're too worried about insurance prices, but then again you shouldn't really be worried about gas prices either. But I would say it is nice to be "exclusive" so a $100k electric car that is super rare (only 10 sold so far) as opposed to a $100k gas car, it does have it's appeals

 

[Koenig]

the press just put out an artical about 1-2 weeks back talking about how the Prius is more dangerous to pedestrians in parking lots due to it's relative silence.

the above article is a bit dumb in terms of airbag deployment.....from looking at the photos, unless one were to mount the sensors in the middle of the hood, the result is normal.

Ugh, yeah I forgot to mention....... a lot of people don't hear the Prius, so someone can be stupid enough to be looking down while driving and plow into you (when they shouldn't be looking down anyway) and I've heard blind people are lobbying to get the Prius removed or louder exhausts, because they can't hear it coming when they cross crosswalks.

 

[mordant80]

I think I'd cry if that happened to me (sad1)

 

[jred321]

a lot of people don't hear the Prius, so someone can be stupid enough to be looking down while driving and plow into you (when they shouldn't be looking down anyway)

how does audio play a factor in plowing into someone plowing into someone else while driving? i can more see the pedestrians' point as when walking you can hear cars driving and if you're blind that's even more important. i can't understand how that plays into 1 car hitting another car while moving though. parked cars are silent yet people somehow avoid hitting them

 

[TinmanMS6]

My guess is that the other car didn't check its blind spot and changed lanes into the Tesla.

 

[Koenig]

how does audio play a factor in plowing into someone plowing into someone else while driving? i can more see the pedestrians' point as when walking you can hear cars driving and if you're blind that's even more important. i can't understand how that plays into 1 car hitting another car while moving though. parked cars are silent yet people somehow avoid hitting them

Well I made no mention of plowing into another car, I said they're lobbying for the prius to be louder because pedestrians can't hear the car, and blind people especially function mostly by noise.

But you're right, the comment from the article makes no sense, because of it's noiseless drivetrain they hit the car? I don't see what that has to do with a car that's sitting in front of you.

 

[mysleeper6]

As far as the noiseless-ness of electric cars playing a role in accidents, I can't really comment. However, one of the things I preach to my firefighters (I'm a fire training officer) is that when it comes to hybrids the electric motor can engage at anytime, and operates silently. This makes it particularly important to guarantee that these vehicles are secured (ignition off, transmission in park) when we work a patient in them after they are involved in accidents. We had an incident a couple of years ago where everyone assumed the accident vehicle was secured when it suddenly accelerated across two lanes and into the front bumper of a fire truck, taking a paramedic and the patient with it, and that was a gasoline engine car. There was just too much road noise to hear the car idling.

 

[TinmanMS6]

As far as the noiseless-ness of electric cars playing a role in accidents, I can't really comment. However, one of the things I preach to my firefighters (I'm a fire training officer) is that when it comes to hybrids the electric motor can engage at anytime, and operates silently. This makes it particularly important to guarantee that these vehicles are secured (ignition off, transmission in park) when we work a patient in them after they are involved in accidents. We had an incident a couple of years ago where everyone assumed the accident vehicle was secured when it suddenly accelerated across two lanes and into the front bumper of a fire truck, taking a paramedic and the patient with it, and that was a gasoline engine car. There was just too much road noise to hear the car idling.

I swear, people in parking lots can't even hear my Hemi-powered Grand Cherokee coming up behind them. I always have to goose the throttle a couple times before people look over their shoulder and walk off to the side, rather than right down the middle. I need a Magnaflow or something.

 

[Koenig]

I swear, people in parking lots can't even hear my Hemi-powered Grand Cherokee coming up behind them. I always have to goose the throttle a couple times before people look over their shoulder and walk off to the side, rather than right down the middle. I need a Magnaflow or something.

Wow....... is it because of THEM being retarded, or has Jeep really bottle-necked your exhaust system that it doesn't really sound all that loud, despite being a V8 ?

 

[TinmanMS6]

Wow....... is it because of THEM being retarded, or has Jeep really bottle-necked your exhaust system that it doesn't really sound all that loud, despite being a V8 ?

Bit of both. What are you doing walking down the middle in the first place? But yeah, it's pretty quiet...perhaps even as quiet as a Tesla...deadly quiet. (scratch)

 

[Koenig]

Bit of both. What are you doing walking down the middle in the first place? But yeah, it's pretty quiet...perhaps even as quiet as a Tesla...deadly quiet. (scratch)

LOL, sometimes I just wish I could run people over. I mean COME ON, growing up my father always taught me not to play in the street, and he would tan my backside if he caught me. You'd think as adults people these days would know better than to walk in the middle of the street.(dunno) I'm about ready to get a train horn for the MS6, just to scare the crap out of people that like to walk in the middle of the street

 

[jred321]

get one that plays la cucaracha instead. way cooler and will get people to notice you

 

[Koenig]

LMFAO....... I think I've seen that video on youtube.

 

[aMaff]

get one that plays la cucaracha instead. way cooler and will get people to notice that you're a douche with a cucaracha horn

fixed

But yea, I can't see how sound was even a factor in this accident

 

[magnumP5]

LOL, sometimes I just wish I could run people over. I mean COME ON, growing up my father always taught me not to play in the street, and he would tan my backside if he caught me. You'd think as adults people these days would know better than to walk in the middle of the street.(dunno) I'm about ready to get a train horn for the MS6, just to scare the crap out of people that like to walk in the middle of the street

This is because they are the most important person in the world and they wouldn't dare think of the inconvenience it would cause them to have to walk on the side let alone get out of someone's way. How can we expect people so esteemed to do something considerate for us lower human beings?

 

[NCZ13]

i kind of agree that prius and other so called quiet hybrids can be potentailly dangerous to pedestrians in parking lots.

its happened several times where i almost walked into a camry or prius pulling out of their space. or when minute you see the car in the spot, turn around, and the car is now facing you.

as for the tesla... sound couldnt have been an issue with this accident.