My feelings about the backup beeper and turning it off

I believe the beeps are a safety feature. There are instances when a small child or animal can be alerted that you are backing up. This is true when the Prius uses the electric motors which are silent. Things that I consider worthless are heated side view mirrors, spoilers on the rear window (Which blocks some of the view) and headlights always on. If you can't see a vehicle on a beautiful day without lights you shouldn't be driving. Originally, race cars used the spoiler. The idea was to keep the back down when going at 200 mph. It proved to be worthless, but so impressed the beer drinking crowds that they kept it on their race cars.

 

Then why do my neighbors complain when I'm backing out at at 5 o'clock in the morning. There also is a beep on a mini bus and bear cat (The cat is a small vehicle being used at the moment to clean the snow from the parking places) I can hear 100 yards away? Giant earth movers and other large do not follow trucks are not relevant to the Prius discussion.

 

I buy a Prius every 3 years. The one I have now a 2011 Prius purchased on 12/28/11. I intend to buy a 2015 Prius in the spring,

I wouldn't consider 5 o'clock in the morning late.

 

It is simple, have some Prius with a back up beeper and stand in back of it with an ear horn or a roll up newspaper.

 

Why would you alert the driver. Unless he is drunk or high on drugs he should know he put it in reverse. On my display what gear you are in at the moment is lite up. Why doesn't the other selections in the gear shift beep? Why in regular cars there is no beep when you are backing up by even a small amount of cars? If there is a need for a beep or light it should be when you put it in park. A common mistake for people driving the Prius for the first time. This is especially true for strangers driving your Prius not accustom to a button to park it. I had a man in the gas station change the oil and he had it on a lift with out pushing the park button.

 

I am a man driving since 1955 without lights on in beautiful weather. In NJ in 1955 car insurance was not mandatory. I first purchased car insurance some time between 1956 and 1960. In all of that time the only charge against my insurance company was $10 for a broken antenna by a teenager. My eyesight equity is 20/200. I believe the bulb between your ears is brighter than headlights. I have driven roughly 708,000 miles and I am not counting my driving a van for my company I worked for. A symptom for low vitamin a is you take longer going from light to dark to get adjusted to the change. Such as going into a movie theater on a bright sunlight day into a dark theater. You wouldn't believe how many laps I sat on in movie theaters!. When you approach a car with lights especially high beams or out of alignment ones a person low on vitamin a is momentarily blinded. I didn't take my life in my hands, so far, so good.

Mirrors are a must, but I have never used heaters in 59 years of driving. I do it the old fashion way I wipe them.

 

We can end the ad nauseam just by having someone stand behind the car to see if he hears it.

Don't go hard on my friendly neighbors, there are no cows to milk.

Shame. after Toyota went to all that trouble.

Have someone in the back to see if he can hear it. Make sure he has fresh batteries in his hearing aid.

 

None of the shifts clunk. My Prius beeps like crazy if you don't do it correctly.

I was driving down the highway with my new Prius. Not being accustom to the car My hand touched the park button. I was doing 65 mph. Everything went dead, but I had some momentum left from my 65 mph to coast to a stop. I was convinced I did serious damage to the car. When I pushed the start button she started normally and I drove off as if nothing happen.

Mirrors are a must. I simply wipe them as needed. I look at the practicality of something and is it worth the money. We don't have the same money Gates has and we must look at the necessities in life instead of the luxury in life. I hope I'm wrong that our quality of life and living standards are going to experience a muddy road ahead!