Prius Gets Sound To Protect Pedestrians

[Roon]

TOKYO -- Toyota's Prius hybrid is becoming a little less quiet with a new electronic humming device that is the automaker's answer to complaints that pedestrians can't hear the top-selling car approaching.

The 12,600 yen ($148) speaker system that goes under the hood of the third-generation Prius sets off a whirring sound designed to be about the same noise level as a regular car engine so that it isn't annoying, Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday.
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[SoCalDem]

1. Why not play a recording of an Olds 442 engine

:)

[whyverne]

2. I think they should play Ravel's Bolero. nt

[metapunditedgy]

3. Hoofbeats would be cool. n/t

[Tesha]

7. Maybe every Prius should come with a Patsy?

http://images.broadwayworld.com/upload/20287/Andrew_Spillett_%28Patsy%29_and_Peter_Davison_%28King_Arthur%29_in_the_London_Production_of_Spamalot,_photo_by_Catherine_Ashmore1.jpg

[flvegan]

4. Better would be the sound that KITT made when his lights went back and forth.

Sort of went "woo-woo woo-woo"

[hayu_lol]

5. All they needed to do was get a deck of cards...

couple of clothespins, and something to fasten the clothespins to...and...oh yeah...spoked wheels and the problem would have been solved.

Time to adapt the 'hum' sound to bicycles so that we can hear them even if we can't see them.

[taterguy]

6. If you can't see or hear us you won't be able to hit us

That's why I always ride in stealth mode.

Solid black clothing after sunset.