In college, I would occasionally walk to campus with a blind student. That guy was fearless crossing the road when I could see cars coming, but I think he wasn't able to hear quiet cars coasting. Or maybe he just had a death wish, or counted on the kindness of strangers. A couple times cars had to brake hard to avoid hitting him.
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pacamom wrote: Bird chirping would confuse people since some walk signals chirp.
They do that in Estes park, chirping on the walk signal. Cracked me up first time. And don't jay-walk there either, they have patrols for that and they will yell at you!
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Wouldn't want the beep used in construction equipment backing up. After awhile we would get to used to it and ignore.
I like the idea of horses whinnying announcing their horses under the hood. However, if people could self select their noise it might be too surprising and disruptive to people driving along. So more than likely it will be something rather uniform to what we have now with cars?
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I think if all cars were silent, people would eventually adapt (after enough fools were run over). Blind people at cross walks could be warned by beeping motion sensors on stop signs and lights.
Theme music for cars? Have an extra speaker out the front? Or are the cars that go boom with the big bass safe for both the blind and deaf. I know I can hear them blocks away.
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