Comments on: I never heard it coming http://weblog.saardrimer.com/index.php/i-never-heard-it-coming_224/ you get what you pay for Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:35:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Vince http://weblog.saardrimer.com/index.php/i-never-heard-it-coming_224/comment-page-1/#comment-2872 Vince Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:12:53 +0000 http://weblog.saardrimer.com/index.php/i-never-heard-it-coming_224/#comment-2872 Ha! Just bought the wife a hybrid Prius. My hope is now (in addition to doing a good turn for the environment and saving a buck on gas) that she 'accidentily' runs over the damn dog next door who doesn't know how to shut up. Ahh, if only... Our hybrid used to beep when reversing. I say used to because it is a feature that is easily disabled. Thank god. If you're stupid enough to not rely on all your sensory inputs, including vision, then far be it for me to stop you from getting behind an obviously slow-moving vehicle. Ha! Just bought the wife a hybrid Prius. My hope is now (in addition to doing a good turn for the environment and saving a buck on gas) that she ‘accidentily’ runs over the damn dog next door who doesn’t know how to shut up. Ahh, if only…

Our hybrid used to beep when reversing. I say used to because it is a feature that is easily disabled. Thank god. If you’re stupid enough to not rely on all your sensory inputs, including vision, then far be it for me to stop you from getting behind an obviously slow-moving vehicle.

]]> By: Stiennon http://weblog.saardrimer.com/index.php/i-never-heard-it-coming_224/comment-page-1/#comment-2731 Stiennon Wed, 15 Mar 2006 13:30:22 +0000 http://weblog.saardrimer.com/index.php/i-never-heard-it-coming_224/#comment-2731 Or rather, they will require all hybrids to emit at least 90 decibels of sound. Or rather, they will require all hybrids to emit at least 90 decibels of sound.

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