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And a 3000# car doesn't have to be going fast to do damage when it runs over someone.

 

Gee Bob. I'm sorry. I guess I just must be dense. I am totally missing the point that you're trying to make.
I don't have an Escalade so I'm not sure were a good place to mount a backup alarm would be. And since we don't have our Prius yet, I'm not sure were the best place on it would be either. But the ones that I mounted on my last two Ford Club Wagon full size vans, that I mentioned in a previous post, that I guess you missed, mounted nicely on the bumper brackets.
I didn't realize that my post implied that I was specifically referencing backing up.
I don't understand how you can think mounting it on the exhaust pipe would be a good idea. The exhaust pipe would get too hot.
So many point out the that the noise generated by the tires is sufficient. I was just making a point that not all accidents happen at speeds high enough to generate sufficient tire noise to give sufficient warning. Either noise helps or it doesn't. I don't understand why you believe you can have it both ways. Either noise helps or not. Either Prius is quieter than most cars or not.
So I don't understand what part of my post you where trying to address. All I was addressing was that a car, any car, hybrid or not, does not have to be going fast enough to generate an audible noise level loud enough to alert someone, pedistrian, bystander in a parking lot, pet, grandchild playing in the driveway, whatever, to cause a catistrophic accident, that may have been able to have been avoided.

 

Thanks for the reply, sincerely. I know what it's like to be impassioned over a subject. This does not happen to be one of them for me. However, I do plan to keep tabs on HR-5734. Read your posts. You may want to check out mine next time you're in OpenCongress. I agree that all too often kneejerk laws are passed that do nothing toward solving to problem. But I do believe that many more cars are becoming extremely quiet and may pose a potential hazzard, not just hybrids, especially with the increased use of cell phones. As long as they have introduced HR-5734, let's see if we can't get them to seperate the facts from the fiction. I believe the last time I felt that impassioned over something anyone said, was when John McCain proposed getting the money to cover his health care plan by eliminating employers from being allowed to claim their cost of providing heath care coverage for their employees as a tax deduction. Oh! That'll improve healthcare. Take what little incentive is left away from the employers that can barely afford employee healthcare benifits now. And I'm a registered Republican, altnough I've never voted a straight ticket in my life. Anyway I digress. Never let anyone take away your passion. I apologize for my impertenence. Thanks again for the gracious reply. :tea:

 

Best,
~ Sammy, '04 Prius