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It seems sick that, in the United States, nurses get no respect.
Nurses, who give support care to patients, are in a low-status, low-paying profession. Doctors, who give medical care to patients, are in a high- status, high-paying profession.
It seems sick that, in the United States, nurses get no respect.
Nurses, who give support care to patients, are in a low-status, low-paying profession. Doctors, who give medical care to patients, are in a high- status, high-paying profession.
Nursing is a predominantly female occupation; medical doctors are predominantly male.
Anyone who has been in a hospital knows the importance of nurses, their expertise; consideration; and tender, loving care. Those aware of the real importance of nursing try to figure out ways to improve its image.
Some experts say nurses should get all the education, all the advanced degrees, they can. Then, the reasoning goes, the health-care industry will respect them.
But not everyone agrees.
``Fine,`` says a disbelieving student nurse in her senior year on her way to a bachelor`s degree. ``I`ll go on to get my Ph.D., and I`ll still be emptying bedpans.``
Another practical approach is to try to raise the salary level of the nation`s estimated 1.377 million registered nurses. The median salary of staff nurses, generally entry-level personnel, is $22,000. The median salary for licensed practical or vocational nurses is $14,714.
Obviously, those salaries can stand raising. Some headway will be made in nurses` wages in states and municipalities implementing policies of comparable worth or pay equity. In Washington State, which has adopted such goals, that would mean experienced nurses, who average only about $21,000, might move up to $32,000--the salary state gardeners make.
The hope is that there will be a ripple effect from the public sector to the private, that salaries will increase nationwide and that nursing--in our money-valued society--will be seen as the dignified and important profession it is.
None of this has happened, and the reality is that the nursing profession has long hours and low pay and is rife with exhaustion and stress. Ironically, this unhappy situation continues even as the responsibilities of nurses have become more professional and technical.
Not surprising is the fact nurses have the best answers to solving their problems. One suggestion increasingly put forward is a proposal to redefine the nursing profession as it is known today.
The proposal, in the form of a Nurse Practice Act, redefines nursing into two levels:
-- Professional, which requires a minimum of a baccalaureate degree in nursing.
-- Technical, requiring a minimum of an associate degree in nursing.
``For the last 20 years, the American Nursing Association has supported the position that nursing education should be at two levels,`` said Nancy Perrin, coordinator of communications for the association, based in Kansas City.
``All nursing associations are moving forward at the state level with this proposal.``
The titles to be replaced are licensed practical nurse and registered nurse, Perrin said.
``We`re looking for the change to take place over the next 10 years, state by state. Every state has its own timetable,`` she said.
``The actual changes will be in the way nurses are educated. In the past, there were three pathways. You could be a registered nurse, a licensed practical nurse or a licensed vocational nurse.
``Now, the preparation for the profession will be in educational settings, in accredited institutions. All training programs will have strong clinical components. Previously, some nurses have been trained only on the job.``
Anyone who is licensed, Perrin said, would be able to keep that license, regardless of educational background. ``The new laws are for those who are unlicensed and looking to break into the profession.``
Nursing is one of the last of the health-care professions that does not require a bachelor`s degree. The suggested title and educational requirement plank has been approved by 49 state nursing associations; 20 national nursing and health care organizations have endorsed the idea of two levels of nursing. One state group that recently proposed the change is the Illinois Nurses` Association. If enacted, the proposed Nurse Practice Act would upgrade and standardize educational paths for entry into professional nursing in the state.
According to the state association, all registered nurses would be
``grandmothered`` into the new professional level regardless of education. All licensed practical nurses who successfully completed a pharmacology course would be ``grandmothered`` into the technical level.
Professional and technical nurses would be required to function competently under the new definitions. So continued education would be necessary for a smooth transition.
The idea of two levels of nursing has been around for a long time. What is new is that specific proposals for implementation have been developed.
Implementation would be through changes in state laws and regulations governing educational and licensing standards. In some states, the Nurse Practice Act would have to be revised, so the state legislature would have to make the changes. The latter would involve lobbying by nursing associations.
The result may be nurses getting the respect they deserve--within this decade.


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Feb 17, 2012
SilverTree Media have become known for releasing their titles first on Android, then later to iOS; this has been true with Cordy, Sleepy Jack, and now Cordy Sky, their latest title, an endless jumper starring the Cordy character who has appeared in the other two titles. The game has some similarities to Mega Jump in the way that it has items that propel the player character further upward, though these tend to be along paths, and are not the entire basis for upward movement. In fact, players have a manual jump button, along with a double jump to use to go further upward. The double jump also pulls in any nearby gears, which can be used to help fly further upward.
The game is freemium, offering a short demo for free, and the rest of the game available as a $0.99 unlock. This unlocks both the rest of the game's story mode, and an endless mode.
So, want to play this game? Well, too bad. The game is currently pulled from the Android Market. The reasons for this are unclear. SilverTree Media have not said anything publicly about the game, and related Twitter accounts have either said nothing or removed any comments about the game's release. Attempts to contact SilverTree Media directly have gone unanswered regarding Cordy Sky.
The game does tend to suffer from some slowdown when playing it on the Samsung Captivate, but it runs perfectly fine on the Motorola Xoom, and pulling a game from the Android Market entirely seems odd if device-specific glitches are a concern. The in-app purchase unlock currently does not work at all becuase the game is not available on the Android Market any more, it appears.
There's plenty of reasons to speculate why this may be the case – perhaps Amazon negotiated an exclusive release and the Android Market release was accidental? Perhaps the game was set to release at a certain date and was accidentally pushed to the store early? There is at least one review of the game that doesn't mention any kind of fatal bugs, so this disappearing act from one of the most prominent primarily-Android developers is very strange.


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Italian sculptor and installation artist, born in Padua. He worked at various jobs and made furniture before starting his career as an artist (he had no professional artistic training). His provocative work often takes the form of bad-taste jokes. His most celebrated work is probably Ballad for Trotsky (1996), a horse suspended from the ceiling. Bidibidobidiboo (1996) is a stuffed squirrel which has apparently shot itself at a table. In The Ninth Hour (1999) a realistically modelled figure of the Pope has been struck by a meteorite. The icons of modern art are also subjected to irreverence. In 1998 Cattelan hired an actor to stand outside the New York Museum of Modern Art wearing a giant Picasso head. He sometimes includes models of himself in his work. We Are the Revolution (2000) takes its title from Joseph Beuys: it is the caption of a photograph of the German artist striding purposefully forward. Cattelan presents a dummy of himself hanging from a coat rack wearing a felt suit, another reference to Beuys. Nor were his dealers exempt, one being taped to the wall of his gallery for a day, another being dressed as a pink rabbit. In one case a work by Cattelan provoked a violent public reaction. In 2004, in Milan, Cattelan hung from a tree three models of children with nooses around their necks. A man was injured when he attempted to cut them down. Cattelan's iconoclastic mockery of religion, politics, and art makes most sense against a background of the ideological earnestness of a previous generation. The violence from both left and right which marked the political struggles in Italy can hardly provoke the glow of nostalgia many feel for the May 1968 events in Paris. An early installation by Cattelan directly referred to the terrorism of the past by using a blow-up of a newspaper page showing the Italian Prime Minister Aldo Mori, kidnapped and murdered by the Red Brigades in 1978. The artist changed the star above the head of Mori, the Communist emblem of the kidnappers, into the Christmas Star of Bethlehem.
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It is this kind of community support that will help our vision sprout in to a vibrant community garden.
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Stefan Edelkamp is with the Center for Computing and Communication Technology (TZI) at the Universität Bremen since 2008. Prior to his stay in Bremen he has been leading young research groups in Freiburg and Dortmund, with one of his PhDs graduating Summa Cum Laude. Stefan Edelkamp is an internationally acting researcher; according to DBLP he has published more than 80 archived papers and three books in the areas of data structures, model checking and AI, being ranked second on German AI venues. He is on the editorial board of JAIR and steering committee member of MOCHART and SPIN. He will organize a Dagstuhl Seminar on Graph Search Enginering end of November, AAAI-10's students abstract and poster session in Atlanta, and the International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling Systems (ICAPS-11) in Freiburg. Stefan Edelkamp is a good programmer. He likely has implemented the world's fastest sequential sorting algorithm (weak-heap sort) and priority queue data structure (rank-relaxed weak queue). Moreover, he is acting world champion in cost-optimal deterministic and non-deterministic AI planning. Stefan Edelkamp is in the lead of several DFG projects, including topics on directed, parallel, and external model checking, general game playing & algorithm engineering, and currently in charge of coordinating the FIDES BMBF project that integrates AI methods for improved intrusion detection in computer networks.


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Ack. So much for daily blog posts.
But, having returned from New York I've been up to my neck in work, not only taking care of a few bits of important writing-related admin, but also getting stuck into the beta edits on Seven Wonders. This manuscript is due to be delivered at the end of the month, and with the major fixes in place it's now at the endless re-read stage. This is vital, as I need to see the bigger picture when it comes to making the final adjustments.
Speaking of which, over at I Will Read Books you can read part two of my writing process guest post, in which I talk about the phases of the first draft, and what happens next.
Oddly enough, having written about the beta reading process, and now going through the beta edit phase of Seven Wonders, it's occurred to me that a change in methodology is likely to occur from now on. Seven Wonders is the last of my unagented material to go out the door. From now on – actually, from The Novel Formerly Known As Ludmila My Love on – everything goes through her first, and as a former editor herself, she knows her onions. When I met with her a couple of weeks ago, we discussed the whole process and I agreed wholeheartedly when she said that everything needs to be edited within an inch of its life. Quality is everything.
While this doesn't mean my beta reading process is to be abandoned, it does mean it can be altered a little. Instead of five or six people, I just need a couple I can trust to go through the manuscript with a fine-tooth comb, as a manuscript will go through a rigorous professional edit anyway before a publisher sees it. This certainly simplifies things – finding beta readers is difficult, and I've burdened my group quite heavily this year. I've also done beta reading of full novels for others this year, and I sure know how difficult and time-consuming it is.
I've also been busy reading – not just the New 52 from DC Comics, but the rather splendid Ready Player One by Ernie Cline. Having devoured that marvellous book in a few days (seriously, read it), I'm back into my journey through Stephen King's work in publication order and have started Roadwork, the third of his Richard Bachman books. Having been burned by Firestarter (get it?), it's taken me a long time to get back into it, and I had been warned off Roadwork by a couple of people. But so far I'm really enjoying it… while nothing much has happened yet (I understand that not much does in the whole book), it is at least beautifully written.
In other news: as mentioned before I'll be at FantasyCon in Brighton this year, and I'm doing a reading from Empire State at 4pm on Friday 30th September, in Room 134 at the Royal Albion Hotel. It'll be a different chapter to the one up on Tor.com, and there'll be time for a chat too, so I hope to see you there!


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Why not have a system trigger by a device the pedestrian is carrying? In short blind people could carry a device that sent out a signal to a range of say 100'. When a vehicle was in range two things would happen, first the car would emit a noise and second a dashboard light or something would go on. Even better augment this with a system to notify the driver when an emergency vehicle (fire/police) are nearby with lights on by turning on a dashboard light or even an audible alert.
Sound Alert System Issue for Hybrids and EVs Reaches New Level of Absurdity
With scant evidence that hybrid and electric vehicles pose a genuine danger to blind pedestrians, children or the elderly, the federal government is working on final rules for a new law requiring a sound alert system for these quieter cars. Controversy about the issue reached a new level of absurdity in recent weeks as it caused the delay of bringing two new electric-drive vehicles to market.
There are currently nearly 2 million hybrid gas-electric cars on U.S. roads, none of which have artificial external systems to produce warning sounds. Advocacy organizations for the blind say that electric cars are more dangerous, and require special sounds to alert pedestrians as they approach, especially at low speeds.
Deliveries of the Hyundai Sonata Hybrid were postponed from January until April. Why? Because the sound warning device—which mimics the sound of a conventional engine—was designed to give drivers the ability to turn off the warning system. Apparently, pending rules from National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will prohibit carmakers from allowing drivers to switch off the sounds.
Meanwhile, Nissan has slightly delayed delivery of the Nissan LEAF to customers in the United Kingdom. Why? Because its pedestrian warning system cannot be shut off. Apparently, UK law states that such sounds must be capable of being turned off between the hours of 11:00 pm and 6.00 am.
So, the reason given for why the Sonata Hybrid is delayed in the U.S. is the opposite reason for why the LEAF is delayed in the U.K.—and vice versa.
It's unclear if swapping the two vehicles' approach to artificial external audio for the two markets will resolve the issue—or what will happen to the Infiniti M35 Hybrid, another new model already featuring its own type of pedestrian alert system. Last fall, Toyota, the world's biggest producer of hybrids, announced that a sound alert will be available for the Prius and upcoming Prius Plug-in Hybrid in Japan. The entirely optional feature, emitting a synthesized electric motor sound, costs about $150.
At this stage, three things about this issue are certain. One: There is no independent conclusive study that proves that hybrids and electric cars pose a threat to pedestrians, or that making them noisier will mitigate any danger. Two: The lack of global standards for how to address a potential problem is causing confusion for carmakers, and delaying product from reaching consumers. And three: The issue is not going away.
· Smidge204 · 7 years ago
All vehicles already have an audible pedestrian warning system. It's a momentary-on system with the switch located in the center of the steering wheel. Ask any New Yorker, they know where it is... and they'll tell you it does nothing. Alternatively, I want my EV to play a recording of a straight-piped V8...
And I thought the Leaf's VPS COULD be shut off, although it would turn itself back on every time the car is turned on?
· Jesse (not verified) · 7 years ago
That's what the online manual said when I read it a few weeks ago, that you could turn off the sound, but that it would be reactivated each time the car was powered on.
But, yeah, the whole thing is ridiculous.
I sneak up on people all the time in my Prius. I have yet to come close to running anyone over.
· Tom Moloughney · 7 years ago
There are close to 400 quiet MINI-E's on the roads in the US and they have logged over 3,000,000 miles and the last time I checked with my BMW contacts, not one has been involved in a pedestrian/vehicle accident.
As Brad said "There is no independent conclusive study that proves that hybrids and electric cars pose a threat to pedestrians, or that making them noisier will mitigate any danger", that about say's it all.
· abasile · 7 years ago
As I've said before, I think it would be fun to be able to upload "cartones" to EVs in order to satisfy silly noisemaking requirements in creative ways. I want an "old clunker car" cartone! It should be complete with finicky ignition sounds, squeaking belts, a sputtering engine with a lousy muffler, and occasional backfires. In other words, a nice reminder of what we are getting away from.
· Craig (not verified) · 7 years ago
I don't know about you, but I HAVE noticed pedestrians surprised by a Prius in a parking lot (sneaking up on them), nevertheless I do NOT like the idea of noise makers being forced down our throats. Driving a peacefully quiet car is one of the nice perks you get from Hybrids. As long as this system is required, the smart car maker will give the user a choice of sounds. If my Prius is forced to make noise, I want to be able to choose the sound of a V8, with a loping race cam. That would turn some heads:)
· SpiralEV · 7 years ago
@abasile, I completely agree. I'd go with a sci-fi themes cartone myself...
· EvDriver (not verified) · 7 years ago
I've had my electric car for about 3 years now and have never had an issue with running someone over, the tires make enough noise on the pavement to signal that a vehicle is moving and it's one of the many appealing parts of driving an electric car, they are quite! but when all else fails and someone is talking on their cell phone or has head phones in, you use your horn, it's a standard required safety item on every car on the road.
· GadgetGav (not verified) · 7 years ago
Both my in-law are deaf. I think the deaf lobby needs to get on board and take this to a new level of absurdity. These deadly EVs and Hybrids need to have strobe lights fitted so that deaf people know they're approaching!
Why does the UK insist that the noise maker be turned off at night? Are regular cars and trucks silent during the hours of darkness? Is the artificial noise much louder than a regular car?
Laws like this, that are just nonsense to anyone with half a brain are what give politicians a bad name. Can't they just think about an issue and come up with a workable, useful solution, rather than pandering to whoever lobbied them loudest, last or with the most money?
· Coastal Eddie (not verified) · 7 years ago
These regulations are about as practical as the regulations that were enacted when the first cars hit the road. In some areas when a car was approached by a horse drawn wagon, the driver was literally required by law to "disassemble" the car until the horse passed to avoid frightnening the animal. I don't know how that worked out. But we all know what part of the horse some politicians resemble.
· Christof Demont-Heinrich · 7 years ago
Brad, I'll add another thing to your list of "certainties" so far -->
Absolutely no one has given any significant thought to, or researched, the collective noise effect of thousands of EVs zooming around urban areas with artificial sound makers.
Think NYC, skyscrapers and tons of echo!
My favorite EVs-outfitted-with-ridiculous-artificial-noises moment of the future: Thousands of EVs/hybrids backing up at the same time in the parking lot/ parking garage outside a major sports stadium after a game. How this cacophony of artificial noise is going to make anyone safer is beyond me...
· Max Reid (not verified) · 7 years ago
So if Hybrids are so quiet and smooth, why is the media comparing Prius with Corolla in the 1st place.
This whole thing is done by Oil companies to stop the Hybrid sales. They know pretty sure that when Koreans launch their Hybrids at lower cost, the cost of Hybrids go down and become a mass market product especially with gas prices so high. So Oil companies are using whatever means they want to stop Hybrids.
A typical Hybrid car driver drives very slowly and cautiously and does not race ignoring pedestrians.
· FamilyGuy · 7 years ago
Really? Fake noise? Very silly! I'm glad that my Altima is quiet in EV mode.
· JJJ (not verified) · 7 years ago
I'm extremely disappointed to see this website attack a tiny safety feature that WILL save lives.
"I have an EV, and Ive yet to kill anyone" is NOT a valid piece of evidence.
The fact is, EVs, under 15mph are inaudible. The blind, when crossing streets, rely on the noise to know when it is safe. There are 35,000 americans killed every year by cars. The fact is, driving is not safe, and not everyone is courteous.
"I will gladly stop for a blind person waiting to cross".
Good for you. Not everyone is as nice and pays as much attention. Tina is too busy reading her text messages to notice the blind lady, and since shes driving at 10mph, thinks nothing will come of not looking at the road.
HONKING at a blind person is not only insulting, it's also illegal in most places. Requiring the blind to carry special devices is even more absurd.
I don't understand how having your car emit a soft noise is a hassle. The driver is inside an insulated box and can't hear a thing.
Let's let the people that actually know what the blind need to live a safe life decide and not a snarky uninformed opinion, ok?
· Tom Moloughney · 7 years ago
JJJ: Your opinion is as valid as anyone's here, welcome to the discussion. All most of us in the EV community have asked for is to conduct a comprehensive study to see if electric cars do in fact pose an increased risk, that's all. If there is credible evidence that can support it, then I think most will agree it's for the best. However that's not what has happened here. Politicians have rushed to convict before hearing ANY facts.
Have you stood next to a new Lexus lately as it coasted by you at 20 mph? You cannot hear anything other than the tires rolling on the road unless it is under acceleration. Most pedestrian accidents happen at low speed in urban environments where cars aren't driving very fast and are coasting along often.
If they are going to single out EV's then they should also consider making some of the ultra quiet luxury cars have an artificial sound maker for low speed driving also. Let the shouting match begin!
· EVNow · 7 years ago
I've had Leaf for a week - it has VSP. It has also a switch to disable it after startup. I'm yet to press that switch. Definitely doesn't bother me (or rather I've never heard it). Probably when the weather is warm and the window is down ...
· Aquaris (not verified) · 7 years ago
I have rode by on my bicycle and touched my co-worker on the head while he was on the phone with his girlfriend , he screamed like a girl. but seriously, we should do a study and find a reasonable volume that would attract attention, say 60db at 50ft. for ALL cars. Also a uniform standard of tires rolling on gravel, changing in pitch to the speed would make the car very predicable for the blind, bicyclist and the casual pedestrian. Perhaps even stereo, one speaker in front of each wheel would also help for distance prediction before the pedestrian or bicyclist looked?
· Mark (not verified) · 7 years ago
Why don't the UK lawmakers care about blind insomniac pedestrians?? In all seriousness I have to agree with Tom. There are many ICE cars now on the market that you can't hear coming either. As the technology improves this will be the case more often than not and it may become an issue that needs to be dealt with on all car types (not to mention scooters and bicycles). One of the big advantages of EV's is the reduced noise pollution and it seems a shame to then artificially create it.
· dutchinchicago · 7 years ago
The uk requirement is for the beeping reverse sound which is very loud, annoying for your sleeping neighbors and illegal to be used at night. Not the pedestrian warning sound. Don't over sensationalize the issue.
As a cyclist in a busy city I am completely in favor of requiring electrical cars to make a sound. When navigating through busy traffic you will use your hearing as an important indicator of where the cars are around you. I have had a lot of near misses with cars whose drivers were on their mobile phones and when I hear that a car is approaching from the rear it will prompt me to keep an eye on it just in case the drivers decides to do something silly which will damage his paint and deprives my kids of a father.
· ex-EV1 driver · 7 years ago
I'd like all of you folks who want noise to consider something: Is it the lack of noise from the EV or is it the abundance of excessive noise from all of the other vehicles around blocking the noise from the EV that is why you might not hear it?
Also, regarding JJJ's assertion that the blind rely on hearing cars in order to cross the street: There is a word for a blind person who has tried to cross a street relying solely on the sound of automobiles - Road Kill. Blind people who want to live for a while in a world filled with deadly automobiles only cross the street at controlled intersections with stoplights or stopsigns where there is a reasonable chance that cars will have stopped. Relying on hearing a vehicle approaching to cross is just plain suicide. An ICE car cruising at 30 - 50 mph really can't be heard until it is too late to decide whether to cross a street.
I live on a very quiet street and I hate the thought that I'll disturb my neighbors when I have to enter or leave my driveway late at night or early in the morning.
This safety nonsense is just another attempt to slow EVs from replacing ICE that is supported by some naive EV supporters as well, just as the early attempts to hinder ICE that Coastal Eddie talks about or the requirements for someone to walk in front of a car with a lamp to clear the way.
· Anonymous (not verified) · 7 years ago
Give me a break! The fact is with or without engine running when a 2000 lbs object moving on the pavement will produce noise, it just a matter of how loud. Tire noise, wind noise and noise from the ventilating fan..etc. A normal human being walks across road or sidewalk don't rely on hearing, the spices that rely on sound extincted about 5 years after the first automobile introduced in our world! Only the blind is rely on sound when cross interestions, that is why we install buzzer in the controlled intersections!
· regman · 7 years ago
For those of you that may think this is just one more example of big oil/big auto conspiracy, I can assure you it is not. This may sound (excuse the pun) ridicules but is quite common. The government and NHTSA has a long history of either not being fast enough to require safety items or being too fast and requiring safety features that are not needed or are implemented incorrectly as to cause more problems then they fix. A classic example is air bags. It took the government over 10 years to start listening to the automotive companies when they said that the air bags were being deployed too fast or when not necessary, thus resulting in increases in injuries and even deaths in some cases. The government has required that all cars have stability control and all trucks have roll mitigation systems but have not provided any minimum performance requirements on the systems. There is conflicting requirements in the US and Europe on when to turn the rear brake lamps on during stability control braking events (The US requires that the lights must not come on and Europe requires that the lights must come on or vise versa, I don't recall which way it is). They just passed a law requiring all vehicles have back up cameras by 2014. This is estimated (by NHTSA) to cost somewhere between 6 million and 70 million dollars per life saved (about 1/3 children).
If you take the latter as an example, NHTSA has put at least 6 million dollars on a life. This number is significantly higher than the cost/life saved for the sound alert system if it only saves one life assuming it costs about $10 to put this on a car and 500,000 EVs are sold per year. Not that I am justifying this since I personally think this is stupid.
The only other comment I have on this is that there is no statistics on injuries and only little statistics on pedestrian deaths. Since this is mostly a low speed feature I would expect that this may reduce more injuries and not necessarily deaths. And I would also not necessarily blame the blind because there are a lot more walking texters out there that may benefit from this. It is easier to use a "handicap" group than a bunch of stupid people that are not paying attention.
· darelldd · 7 years ago
> I don't know about you, but I HAVE noticed pedestrians surprised by a Prius in a parking lot <
Being surprised and being in danger of harm are wildly different issues. Just because a pedestrian is surprised at suddenly noticing a Prius doesn't mean that the Prius was just inches away from running them down. It only means that the pedestrian was relying on old fashioned clues, and needs to be more alert when walking around multi-thousand pound vehicles.
· darelldd · 7 years ago
> Why not have a system trigger by a device the pedestrian is carrying? <
Because that would require personal responsibility.
· darelldd · 7 years ago
>I'm extremely disappointed to see this website attack a tiny safety feature that WILL save lives.<
How will noise makers save lives? The noise of gas cars doesn't seem to be doing the trick as we'll see later. Loud cars are running over people at an alarming rate. Maybe driver education and real licensing makes more sense than belling the hybrids?
> "I have an EV, and Ive yet to kill anyone" is NOT a valid piece of evidence.<
It is no better and no worse evidence than saying added noise " WILL save lives."
> The fact is, EVs, under 15mph are inaudible.<
The fact is that all EVs make noise. They make as much noise as a modern luxury gasoline car at 15 mph. When holding still they also make noise. When riding my bike, I can not only hear, but also identify the brand of hybrid in EV mode... or EV that coasts up behind me at a red light. And my hearing isn't all that great! From my office, I can tell when my EV is "on" in the garage... and parked.
>The blind, when crossing streets, rely on the noise to know when it is safe.<
My suggestion is that they come up with a better means of staying safe. There are many available that are effective and proven. Having every "quiet" car make sound is not one of them.
> There are 35,000 americans killed every year by cars.<
Ah. Here we are. Were any of these 35,000 Americans killed by EVs or hybrids? If not...how come the Americans didn't hear or see them coming and get out of the way? If a driver is intend on running somebody down, it doesn't matter what they're driving. If the driver is good at NOT running people down - it also doesn't matter what they're driving. See where I'm headed here?
> Requiring the blind to carry special devices is even more absurd. <
If you ignore everything else I write - I hope you will at least answer this: How could it possibly be considered absurd for the blind to take control of their own safety instead of insisting that everybody else - the owners of millions of EVs and hybrids - pay for (both financially and in noise pollution) noise makers that have not been proven to make blind people safer? Really? You don't think it should be up to the blind to protect themselves appropriately? It is up to the rest of the world?
> I don't understand how having your car emit a soft noise is a hassle. The driver is inside an insulated box and can't hear a thing.<
Many of us are OUTside that box. Like the blind pedestrians that we're concerned about here? If we try to make everything heard above everything else, how does that make us safer? Imagine a room full of people all wanting to be heard above the others. The problem isn't how quiet EVs are. The problem is how loud everything else is.
> Let's let the people that actually know what the blind need to live a safe life decide and not a snarky uninformed opinion, ok?<
Who are these people who know? How do they deal with quiet gas cars? How do they deal with bicycles? Other pedestrians? How about pusher buses where the noise maker is a good two car lengths behind the front bumper? Maybe we should instead talk to long-time EV drivers to see how they've managed not to run anybody down. They blind don't have experience with EVs. EV drivers don't have much experience with the blind. We should get them together instead of making WAG's about what's best for everybody.
Don't mistake being snarky with being wrong.
· JJJJJJ (not verified) · 7 years ago
First of all, I am the JJJ above and NOT the JJ. Ive added more Js to this reply to make the distinction clear.
Tom Moloughney, I completely agree. Instead of passing a law saying "All EV cars must do this" while ignoring equally silent hydrogen cars (for example), the law should simply say, any car must make x dbs of noise when moving at 20mph or less to a distance of y feet.
ex-EV1 driver, you have no idea what you're talking about. The blind do NOT just cross at signalized intersections with beeping signals, that's ludicrous. What about roundabouts? What about intersections controlled by stop signs? What about small residential streets?
The law isnt about 50mph unsignalzied crosswalks, it's about crossing the 25mph local street to get to the park, or navigating curb cuts on the sidewalk.
"I live on a very quiet street and I hate the thought that I'll disturb my neighbors when I have to enter or leave my driveway late at night or early in the morning."
And again, no one is asking for truck-style beeping. Just a small noise that will MATCH what an ICE car makes at 15mph.
If your current car doesn't disturb your neighbors, nor will your EV with "wooshing" noise.
"Because that would require personal responsibility."
This comment must be a joke, because it is too obscene to be rational. I guess anyone in a wheelchair should carry around a ramp, because it's personal responsibility to ensure the wheelchair can mount any sidewalk curb.
· JJJJJJ (not verified) · 7 years ago
How could it possibly be considered absurd for the disabled to take control of their own safety and comfort instead of insisting that everybody else - the owners of millions of businesses - pay for ADA features that have not been proven to make disabled people safer? Really? You don't think it should be up to the disabled to protect themselves appropriately? It is up to the rest of the world?
Curb cuts, textured rumble tiles, beeping traffic signals, ramps, hand rails, elevators, etc all cost billions to benefit a relative few.
Looks like you have a serious issue with the ADA law of 1990 which guarantees equal access to all.
I hope you never find yourself in a situation where you require the use of these ADA features that benefit a relative few.
It seems like your point of view is "I am able bodied and don't rely on noise, screw anyone who does, they're adding $5 to the price of my luxury purchase." I see no reason to address any of the other points brought up by someone with that point of view.
· darelldd · 7 years ago
@JJJJJJJ - Outstanding! I knew you could do snarky too!
You make good points.
Yes, I do have some serious issues with several aspects of the ADA. Likely not for the reasons you assume, however. At the risk of inviting the "that's just one example" or "It misses the bigger point" comments, I'll share just one: In the past several years I have had the unfortunate "luck" to witness two able-bodied children BECOME disabled due to placement of required ADA devices in our local playground. One disabling device was a hard, high-backed swing. The other was a steel upside-down L-shaped water fountain (allows wheelchair knees to roll under it - as well as allowing the lower 95% of a 5-year-old to run under it). Allow me to skip over the details that still make me cringe.
You have misrepresented my view, however. I'm the last person who wants to screw somebody who needs assistance to make their way safely through this world. (thanks for thinking the worst of me though!) What I want to do is make them safe while not making others LESS safe at the same time. Why don't we study this thing and come up with a solution that REALLY makes the blind safe - not just something that SEEMS like it'll make them safe? How have we determined that noise makers make the blind safe? You have stipulated that, but there's no hard evidence, is there? I agree that the the blind (and the ipod wearers and the texters) may be startled less often. But I have yet to figure out how they'll be run over less often. And I should add that nobody else has figured that out either. You may accuse me of being callus. But what I want to do is avoid enacting some annoying law for the sake of doing something. And instead concentrate on achieving a goal. My whole point here is to point out the absurdity of this law... and restating that there is no evidence that noise makers will keep the blind safe! This does not mean that "I am able bodied and don't rely on noise, screw anyone who does, they're adding $5 to the price of my luxury purchase." It means I want supporters of this law to really think about what they're supporting.
If making sound is equal to bing safe, why just EVs and hybrids? Why not luxury cars? Why not pusher buses? Why not fuel cell cars? Car makers spend millions to make their expensive cars as quiet as possible. How come those amazingly quiet cars haven't been targeted by this mis-guided plan?
· Tom Moloughney · 7 years ago
What Darell said "Car makers spend millions to make their expensive cars as quiet as possible. How come those amazingly quiet cars haven't been targeted by this mis-guided plan?" is one of the things that really puzzles many EV advocates.
Without a comprehensive study, there is really no way to know if the EV's, hybrids or quiet ICE vehicles do pose a danger. The fact that we are rushing to legislate without facts is really unfortunate. Then, to simply target vehicles with electric propulsion systems and not even look at the quiet ICE cars as a possible consideration for these pedestrian alerts is ridiculous. If they are really worried about safety, do a study, determine at what noise level pedestrian to vehicle accidents increases (if it does at all) and set that level for all cars, regardless of the fuel they use.
I'm not really in favor of that though, I'd rather we try to make every car quieter and lower the total ambient noise level. That way, we could identify any vehicle simply by the approaching tire noise instead of creating this shouting match.
Three weeks ago I was hit by a car while walking (on my b-day no less). The driver was texting and looking down at her lap as I bounced over her windshield, roof and trunk, landing in the street. I saw her coming, heard her coming and even shouted but I couldn't escape her path as there were 5 foot snow banks lining the street where I was walking. I'll be under the knife to repair my shoulder next month.
Alert driving saves lives. It's the drivers responsibility not to hit people, not the pedestrians (blind or not) responsibility to dive out of the way. I think better driver education and stiffer penalties for not yielding to pedestrians may help. Paying attention, putting down the cell phone, looking both ways, driving a little slower in environments where you encounter pedestrians is much better than making your car make noise.
Oh I'm sorry, but then we'd be implying it's your responsibility when we all know it's the cars fault when someone gets run over.
· ex-EV1 driver · 7 years ago
I think darelldd and Tom have pretty well covered nearly everything but I'll add that in my state, it is illegal for anyone, sighted, blind, handicapped, or athlete to cross a street at anything except a controlled intersection and they will write you a ticket for doing so.
I'll also restate that anyone trying to cross a street between intersections or a roundabout (we don't have too many of those here) using only audible cues isn't going to last very long no matter how many draconian laws you put into effect or how much your heart may bleed for them. Adding a silly noisemaker to all EVs may make you feel really good about yourself but there is no evidence that it is going to help anything as darelldd and Tom have clearly pointed out.
Let's stop with the knee jerk, bleeding heart responses and get more serious about solving the problems that really do exist.
· BRANDInsider (not verified) · 7 years ago
It seems to me that there is a LOT of red tape in both of the countries and I think that they should be put in place as a standard feature especially due sound that these vehicles make [barely to none] and even though there isn't a study it just seems the right thing to do.
I really look forward in following up how these brands react to these problems and see who can innovate!
· JJ (not verified) · 7 years ago
I'm just the regular JJ from Canada that's posted on other pages since last year not the JJJJ. :-)
Why not just have the radio on while we drive?
Even with the windows closed, pedestrian can still hear the radio.
And winter tires can be quite noisy too.
And I still like my idea of a pedestrian horn button.
Good luck and get well soon Tom.
· darelldd · 7 years ago
> And I still like my idea of a pedestrian horn button.
Yes indeed. This worked perfectly in the past (EV1 pedestrian alert feature) and should be included on ALL cars no matter the fuel. At low speeds, the flash-to-pass stalk makes a happy blurping sound and flashes the high beams. Nothing like laying on the horn. This IS one of the best solutions to the problem, and one that I've heard no resistance to. But then nobody has asked what might have already been tested and found effective in the real world...
I don't mean to take "your" idea away from you, JJ! But the EV1 had this in 1996, and the current Volt has this feature. Something that GM nailed.... and is getting very little credit for.
· ex-EV1 driver · 7 years ago
Unfortunately, the unintended consequence of all these "mandatory requirements" is to strengthen the standing of the incumbent automakers.
This is exactly why Tesla has had to go to the high end in order to be able to afford to make a certified automobile and nobody else has succeeded since the mandatory requirements started being levied.
The incumbents, as we've seen, just want to maximize their own profits by continuing to sell the same thing they've tooled up to produce. This, in turn, has greatly slowed down the rollout of alternatives.
I, and many others looked for ways to start an EV company back in the '90's and never saw a way. It required a dot-com billionaire throw his money into a company planning to use a high-end sports car to launch their company, despite the unlikely high return on his money. Tesla, of course, still hasn't even proven it can sustain and grow down-market yet.
There is a chance that some regulation may save a blind person relying on hearing approaching cars before stepping into a street. All of the "mandatory regulations" forced onto the automobile industry by the government have a chance to do some good. Unfortunately, there is no accountability or even recognition of the bad unintended consequences of such government meddling. The number of lives we and other countries have lost because of oil is a real number and is likely to only grow as oil supplies diminish and climates change.
Let's get our priorities straight here and quit supporting feel-good measures that mainly serve to prop up the incumbents and start reducing regulations. We might not be able to afford the alternative.
· Tom Moloughney · 7 years ago
Thanks for all the get well wishes, but I'm really OK. I somehow tore my rotator cuff while flailing around up and over the car. Had some cuts and bruises but I'm in one piece. Worst part is, she kept going. No I didn't get the plate (believe me it's not what's going through your mind when you see a car is about to hit you) It was a late model corolla and the driver was just looking down at her lap and completely not paying attention (I assume she must have been texting or reading one) and the front end is low so I was able to jump up a bit and avoid a direct impact form the front bumper. In any event, I'm fine except for the shoulder.
This really ties into this conversation here though. It seems like we are just admitting we cannot be alert drivers so we need to install all kinds of features in the cars to overcome our stupidity. We're just shifting the blame. I even see Volvo is working on a system that will automatically apply the brakes if a pedestrian walks out in front of your car. It will have the power to override what the driver is doing and aggressively stop the car. Sure it may have stopped me from being hit so in that regard it is a good thing, but it's like we are just giving up, realizing we aren't responsible enough to pilot a car safely on our own so we need the car to make a loud warning noise, brake by itself, etc. Can't we just be better/safer drivers? If we had a huge public awareness campaign like MADD did in the 80's and 90's I'm sure we can get it in the heads of our new drivers just how important it is to be alert with eyes on the road at all times. I think that would save more lives than any artificial alert will. Just my 2 cents.
· dgpcolorado · 7 years ago
@darelldd, My preference would be for a driver controlled "bicycle bell" sound. It isn't as obnoxious as a horn (which I never, ever, use). The GM solution seems very good, but I like abasile's idea of "cartones" best.
· abasile · 7 years ago
I don't remember who first suggested "cartones", but I figure if the government is going to force us to drive around with noisemakers we might as well have some fun with it. I do very much agree with Tom about the need for personal responsibility and alert driving, though.
As for texting while driving, that is stupid enough that I think the penalty should be no cellular network access for a certain period of time. If our government is determined to come up with new legislation, they should focus on that problem instead of picking on EVs and hybrids.
· darelldd · 7 years ago
> My preference would be for a driver controlled "bicycle bell" sound. <
For my money, I'd want it to be obviously NOT a bicycle sound. The response to "car!" and "bike!" are and should be different. The GM pedestrian warble is really great. Try it, you'll like it!
> I like abasile's idea of "cartones" best. <
Only if they aren't constant and automatic! But the reality of it is that we need something relatively consistent that says, "car!" And if we can use our own tones, it'll likely be ignored like a cell phone ringer.
The GM warble is the electronic equivalent of saying, "excuse me" as you pass by somebody blocking the supermarket isle. The "automatic noisemaker" solution would be like all of us constantly muttering "excuse me, excuse me, excuse me, excuse me" the whole time they're shopping just in case somebody gets in our way at some point during the day. I wonder how effective that would be...
· JJJJJJ (not verified) · 7 years ago
darelldd, Im sorry to hear about those kids being injured like that.
As I said above, I completely agree that any law should say "every vehicle must produce x amount of dbs that can be heard from y feet away" so that luxury vehicles, hydrogen vehicles etc are all covered.
I still don't understand being against the requirement. Inside the car, you won't notice it. OUTSIDE the car you wont notice it any more than the engine noise of every other car.
Again, I dont want the truck-backing-up beeping noise, just a swoosh or rumble, like that of an ICE.
ex-EV1 driver, you are completely wrong about your state law regarding controlled intersections and legal crossing points. Go ahead and name the state, and it will take me all of 5 minutes to pull of the applicable statute. Protip: Unmarked crosswalks exist everywhere, even across 6 lane megastreets.
And there may not be many roundabouts near you now, but theyre all the rage and are being built in every state. They are explicitly designed so that the blind can distinguish between traffic coming from different directions by LISTENING.
· darelldd · 7 years ago
> I still don't understand being against the requirement <
I apologize for not being more clear. I won't clutter up this post with extraneous stuff.
I'm against the requirement because:
. More noise doesn't make (hasn't made) anybody safer.
. More noise might make people FEEL safer, at the expense of actually doing something that really makes us safer.
. More noise is an annoyance to just about everybody.
. More noise can mask other activities that we should be aware of: Other pedestrians, other cyclists, other quiet cars.
. Adding (or having to modify) the noise makers has already delayed the roll out of electric cars - meaning that more gasoline is being burned that makes us all less "safe" and less healthy.
. Noise makers don't solve the problem of cars being a danger to all of us. Loud cars kill hundreds of thousands of people every year. Should we not work on the real problems instead of making up new ones?
. This entire discussion adds to the general feeling of, "Electric cars should be feared." One more reason to continue with the status quo. The longer we burn gasoline, the worse off we all are.
I can hear EVs. Guide dogs can hear EVs. The two blind folks I know in my community can hear EVs. I could hear them better if we had an ordinance that put an upper limit on how much sound any vehicle can make.
Darell, EVnut.com
· JJ - from Canada (not verified) · 7 years ago
Hi Tom... That accident where the woman didn't notice she hit you is really sickening. She maybe even had earbudphones on, too not to hear hitting you. How many people will she have to run over before someone takes away her driver's license? This is insane. She's a menace to society.
About your shoulder: I have had left shoulder pain for years.
Doctors told me different stories: tendonitis, rotator cuff injury, bursitis, pinched nerve in my neck.
So here are my shoulder tips:
1- don't sleep on that side
2- do arm circles front and back.
3- bend over, supporting the ok side with your arm on your knee and the ok side's foot on a step stool.
Hang the injured shoulder's arm like a vertical pendulum and do rotations clockwise and anticlockwise. (Dr Oz's tip)
I now use a 10 lbs dumbell to do that every morning.
4- when watching TV use a gel ice pack on it and even alternate hot and cold.
I don't believe in doctors and surgery that's why I tell you this.
· JJ - from Canada (not verified) · 7 years ago
That's good news Darell about the GM Volt's warning system.
Myself, I'd prefer a nice red button to the right of my steering wheel pad about the size of a 25 cent coin.
It would be even funnier if we could have a dial with different car tones like burping, gas, etc but I'll stay serious and go for the warbler sound.
Even if we had permanent car tones making more noise won't solve anything. Some people walk around with earphonebuds so they wouldn't hear the permanent sound.
This noise argument is the same as the no muffler motorcycle yahoos who drive around: "look at me I'm making lots of noise".
My exhaust pipe is louder that yours insanity.
It doesn't help if everyone is making noise.
· JJ - from Canada (not verified) · 7 years ago
And specifically for blind people; couldn't there device that would vibrate when a car is coming. It could even be directional.
The blind person could wear it on their wrist like a watch and move their hand in different directions before crossing a street and it would tell them if a car is coming.
It could maybe pick up the electric signal from an oncoming car.
If it's not too complicated to do - I don't know.
· ex-EV1 driver · 7 years ago
The state is the US State of California where every crosswalk is a controlled crosswalk and all automobiles are required to stop if a pedestrian steps off the curb. Go ahead and pull the laws - I'm too lazy to.
What you suggest isn't crazy and IMHO (as an electrical engineer), might have lot of merit and make the lives of the blind better and safer from ICE vehicles or EVil EVs. A simple doppler radar, similar to what a police officer uses to catch speeders could be modified to be a bit more user-friendly and not so directional (the blind person really doesn't care which car is about to hit him/her. It would probably have to have about a 1/4 mile range.
· spicoli · 7 years ago
Again, catering to an extreme minority, but as with most of these issues where there is a perceived "victim" we are bound and gagged. Who can tell granny to shut up and pay more attention on her 5 minute walk to the craft store. Certainly not the shallow thirty-something six figure lawyer or day trader in his $50,000 EV trying to listen to his Crystal Method in perfect quality without wanting to worry about Matilda. As EV enthusiasts we will always look the villain on a feel good issue like this. But, as I've said before I am a gosh darn meanie.
· Anonymous (not verified) · 7 years ago
I think that not only should hybrids and electrics make sounds like an internal combustion engine they should also spew exhaust gases and drip oil so that no one has to adjust their sensory awareness. The last thing we want is for anything to change.
I think the real question is "Do blind folk get hit by cars anymore often that sighted folk?" (percentage-wise). I have no idea what the stats are on this. If blind folk have a lower percentage then I don't quiet cars will affect anything (something else is at work). If the percentage is higher then today's cars will to be fitted with foghorns. It the percentage is about the same then some tests need to be run to see what impact quiet cars will really have.
· JJJJJJ (not verified) · 7 years ago
ex-EV1 driver, you dont understand california law, but I dont blame you, many of the traffic laws are badly written.
California law says:
21955 CVC – Crossing Between Controlled Intersections - Between adjacent intersections controlled by traffic control signal devices or by police officers, pedestrians shall not cross the roadway at any place except in a crosswalk.
The key here is "traffic control signal device" and "intersection"
1) A stop sign is not a traffic control SIGNAL device.
2) Alleys are included under the california definition of intersection, as of course, are t-intersections
SO, if you are between two intersections, but one or both of them are NOT controlled by a traffic SIGNAL, than it is legal to cross at ANY point. Unless there is a sign stating otherwise.
Don't bother arguing with me about YOUR interpretation of the law, because the only interpretation that matters is what case law says, and case law has ruled as I stated above.
So a blind person does not need to proceed to a signalized intersection to cross.
· Tom Moloughney · 7 years ago
JJ: She knew. There is no way she couldn't have. I think she freaked out and drove off. Maybe she didn't have insurance and just panicked realizing how much trouble she was in.
· ex-EV1 driver · 7 years ago
@JJJJJJJJ (Johny Cochran?)
Ok, so perhaps you're right. I'm not a lawyer. I still don't recommend that a blind person attempt to cross any CA road without traffic control (stop sign, light, or crosswalk) by counting on sound alone to protect them. All the laws in the world or proper and improper interpretations aren't going to save them. Law of Gross Tonnage always trumps paper laws.
· JJJJJJ (not verified) · 7 years ago
ex-EV1 driver, but again, it depends on what road we're talking about.
Take a local residential street that sees...what, 10 cars an hour? The law logically allows you to cross at any point, and a blind person will certainly want to cross their street to get to a park or something without going 1/4 mile out of their way to a signalized crosswalk.
Thats the type of environment we're talking about. 10-20mph speeds, very little car traffic. Crossing the road for the blind is all about sound.
A 15mph accident may not kill the person...but it may result in thousands of dollars in hospital costs due to a broken knee.
Heres an example of a trip a blind person may make to go to a supermarket in California.
5 minute walk.
Blind person walks down their driveway to edgemont. No sidewalks, so the person must rely on sound to navigate down the side of the street.
Cars will be moving at 15mph or so, EVs are silent, especially if they slow down to pull into their driveway.
Blind person must cross cottage lane to get to the sidewalk, again, must rely on sound to know if cars are entering or leaving the subdivision.
Blind person uses chirping at Perin crosswalk to know when to cross, but relies on hearing to know if some idiot is stopped in the middle of the crosswalk, or is trying to make a right turn on red. Stopped EVs will be completely silent.
Blind person then relies on hearing to cross supermarket driveway entrance. Again, stopped EVs are silent.
· ex-EV1 driver · 7 years ago
I disagree that EVs are silent first of all.
Beyond that, I think that rather than beat up on EVs just because there aren't enough to defend themselves and there is plenty of ICE and Oil money available to support any attacks on them doesn't mean that is the best place to place your money.
persons exiting driveways are required to yield for anyone on the main road, walking or driving so I consider that a controlled intersection. They also often don't stop and coasting ICE slowing down for a turn are generally just as quiet as an EV.
All of your crossings should be at controlled intersections. If the blind person lives here and there aren't crosswalks, I'm pretty sure the city could paint a few.
I definitely think some pressure should be put on the supermarket to put in sidewalks, not only for blind people but for pedestrians in general. I find that suburban strip malls are terrible for pedestrians in general and, if we are going to get away from wasting energy, we should probably make them more pedestrian friendly.
Stopped EVs are silent, but, then stopped vehicles don't hurt people either.
· JJJJJJ (not verified) · 7 years ago
Nobody is beating up on EVs. No, coalitions for the blind are not secretly funded by oil money trying to destroy competition.
They have a valid concern that can be addressed with a $5 solution. It's that easy.
Evs are the future. This needs to be addressed NOW, and not in 10 years when there are already millions of them out on the road.
· darelldd · 7 years ago
> They have a valid concern that can be addressed with a $5 solution. It's that easy.
It is? Because you say it is? I'm still not clear on why you are convinced that adding sound is any sort of solution to this concern. Of course I'm also not convinced that it is a *valid* concern. While you've said it many times, and the blind coalitions have said it many times, the hard data we have shows otherwise.
Blind people are not getting run over by things they can't hear. There are plenty of moving things out there that they can't hear any more than an EV... and those things aren't running them over.
I understand that there is a concern. I don't find it valid. And certainly don't see adding sound as a slution to a problem that doesn't even exist. But I'm starting to repeat myself...
You seem like a good guy with your heart in the right place. Now we just need to focus the energy on how to save lives. Let's get gasoline cars off the road as quickly as possible. The fact that they burn gasoline kills thousands of people every year. Let's work toward stopping THAT and really save lives and increase health for everybody - not just one small segment of our population. Adding noise to EVs - slowing down their deployment and adding cost - doesn't help save lives or increase health.
· ex-EV1 driver · 7 years ago
There are huge barriers to trying to get a new technology launched when the incumbent technology is protected so strongly by government mandated laws.
Anything else, even a $5 device, that must be added is going to cause at a minimum 2 engineers for 2 years for a total cost of around $1Million fully loaded.
Additionally, I hate noisemakers on cars, especially backup ones. They cause sound pollution. I'll buy an EV despite it but many won't want these EVs because they make all the dumb noises.
This is beating up on EVs.
· Tom Moloughney · 7 years ago
JJJJJJJJ: As Ex & Darell have pointed out, EV's are not silent, not by a long shot. In fact a new car, especially luxury cars, coasting at 25 mph makes no more noise than an EV. Unless the car is under acceleration when you hear the engine at higher RPM's, all you head is the tire noise on the pavement as the car approaches, the same as an EV.
We're not driving 60's hot rods with straight pipes. Today's cars are engineered to be as quiet as possible. Yes, under heavy acceleration you can hear the motor, but in low-speed limit side streets where you encounter pedestrians, rarely are cars under heavy acceleration, they are frequently coasting along at 25-30mph, and make very little sound.
I am against these additional noisemakers, but if the government is hell bent on mandating them, than all cars should be tested and a minimum noise threshold should be implemented for all cars, regardless of the fuel used. (I can't believe I'm suggesting that) Set up tests that measure the decibel level of the car traveling at 25mph from 100ft, then 50ft and establish a "safe threshold". I guarantee you there will be a dozen or so ICE cars that test as quiet as the EV's. To single out these cars simply because of their propulsion system is wrong. Test all cars or don't implement anything.
· ex-EV1 driver · 7 years ago
You'd like the nice feature that the Volt has. When you pull back on the turn signal, in addition to flashing the high-beams, it emits a "friendly" tone, rather than the "WARNING" tone of the horn. While I don't believe it should be mandatory or on all the time (as our safety Nazis are campaigning for), it is a very nice feature GM has added for just what you describe. I used it within the first few seconds that I drove a Volt in order to get it out of the closed-off parking lot where people were just standing in the middle of the road, talking.
· darelldd · 5 years ago
This thing will not die! Why does it keep going and going? Who is benefitting from this nonsense?
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What is a S24O? Only the greatest thing ever!
So you're a hardcore commuter. You ride five days a week rain or shine. You know how to carry gear on your bike, or maybe you have an Xtracycle. You want to go on vacation with your bike, but you "just don't have the time." Think again! It's time to go on a S24O!
A S24O (pronounced "Es-Two-Four-Oh") was coined by Grant Peterson of Rivendell. It is a sub-24 hour overnight bike camping trip. The beauty is that it takes little time commitment (less than 24 hours) and if you forget something in your packing, it's not the end of the world.
If your commuter bike has a rack and panniers, it's S24O ready. Because the trip is so short, you don't have to carry everything and the kitchen sink. Two rear panniers and a saddle bag should do it. No need for front panniers. GP shows a typical kit for one night out on the Rivendell site. It's not a whole lot.
S24Os are also pretty inexpensive due to the short duration. They are also family friendly, since you won't be covering huge miles!
Finding a suitable location for an S24O will probably be the biggest challenge. State parks with camping would be the first choice or if you're going solo, you could free camp with discretion in your local foot hills or mountains. I live in Long Beach, CA which is in LA County. Not the first place that comes to mind when you think of camping. However, with a little research I've found some great S24O opportunities not too far from Los Angeles. Combining the train, I can do a S24O in the central coast or in the mountains just north of Pasadena or the state beaches south of Orange County. There are a lot more options than you would think.
Here are a few accounts of some S24Os to inspire you.
–Kent's S24O
–Alex Whetmore's S24O account
-A family going bike camping with Xtracycles!
-A S24O Flickr Group
If you know of any good ones in your area, write in and share! I'll be going on a slightly longer than 24 hour trip this weekend and I'll be sure post about it.


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And besides, the Banks own the Fed which is not a part of the government as you may recall.
And by statute the Congress must not skip a single payday or perk. So no problems there either.
Obama is meeting with the Bankers today, who will be asked to help him out with the Congress.
Is Putin coming for the G20 meeting in Washington on October 10-11? Perhaps he can mediate the deadlock amongst the keepers of the world's reserve currency.
We know he likes Super Bowl rings. Maybe he would like a souvenir billion dollar platinum coin ahead of the holiday rush.
I hear the Chinese like bright shiny things and would gladly trade their nasty Treasuries for newly minted billion dollar coins.
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If you were coming in the Fall,
I'd brush the Summer by
With half a smile, and half a spurn,
As Housewives do, a Fly.
If I could see you in a year,
I'd wind the months in balls --
And put them each in separate Drawers,
For fear the numbers fuse --
If only Centuries, delayed,
I'd count them on my Hand,
Subtracting, till my fingers dropped
Into Van Dieman's Land.
If certain, when this life was out --
That yours and mine, should be
I'd toss it yonder, like a Rind,
And take Eternity --
But, now, uncertain of the length
Of this, that is between,
It goads me, like the Goblin Bee --
That will not state -- its sting.
Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 511.
If you were coming in the Fall,
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
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'Daktory' cannabis club owner jailed "Political"
see GOOGLE NEWS items here
It should be obvious to all that there is no New Zealand Alcohol Party, or Tobacco Party of Aotearoa, nor is there likely to ever be on your next electoral ballot sheet a Party of Kronic. But there it is, every by-election, every general election, and many local body elections "ALCP". Image via Wikipedia
On its merits ALCP polls more than Jim Anderton's Progressives, or Dunne's United Future... It does so without access to mainstream media, televised debates or material resources.
To suggest support only comes from those who ingest, inhale or apply topically is delusional, just as it is to suggest that those who are against reform are reasoned, intelligent and able to offer argument that prohibition is an effective, efficient, just and equitable solution.
It is perverse to even hold out hope that the sanctioning and imprisonment of Dakta Green will stop ONE SINGLE PERSON from using or experimenting with cannabis.
Evidence suggests it will probably verify in the minds of young people that ALL THEIR PEERS ARE DOING IT, and contrary to the intent of the legislation enforced under the warrant of the Minister of Health, will mean these young people cant bloody wait to try it. Yet NO MEDIA WILL PUT TONY RYALL on the spot and ask him why enforce such a counter productive policy?
Where is the fourth estate on this. I suggest an AUT Media Studies paper on the subject is entirely instructive. It identifies that it is collusion "between media and police" that this perpetuated mayhem sells advertising real estate.
There is NO INTENTION to hold a reasoned debate or report the real harms of prohibition for to do so would eliminate one of the impediments to post prohibition social dividend, politicians who continually profess they are are tough on crime while maintaining crime for the purpose of saving us from it.
Dakta Green's 8 months inside is intended to 'chill' debate. That's POLITICAL!
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Disclaimer: It's George's sandbox, I'm just wrecking the sandcastles.
Title: A Wrinkle In Time
Author: JadeMax
Genre: Vignette
Characters: Any green eyed male and his daughter.
Summary: Daddy, where do wrinkles come from?
Notes: Written as a response from a Movie title Challenge on another site.
Wrinkle in Time
"Yes, sweetie?"
"Why does your face have lines?"
"Lines?" Green eyes danced, amused, as he settled himself on the edge of his daughter's bunk. "You mean these lines?" He smiled, tracing the laugh lines that radiated from the sides of his mouth and eyes.
She nodded, a mop of brown, curly hair bouncing with the movement. "You have lines but mommy doesn't. How come?"
He chuckled, leaning forward to tuck his daughter in. "Your mother's the cause of most of my lines."
Small green eyes, a carbon copy of his own, widened with dismay. "Mommy hurt you? That's not very nice of her."
He chuckled. "No, brat," he ruffled her hair affectionately. "Your mother has given me cause to smile, and laugh; which is where they come from. They form naturally if you smile a lot."
"But I don't want lines!"
He ruffled her hair again, gently easing her back to the pillow and tucking her covers in around her shoulders with a grin. "Well, when you're as old as I am, it's nice to have some reminders of where you've been."
His daughter's brow furrowed. "How do they remind you?"
He smoothed the skin gently, brushing her hair away from her cherubic face. "Each one is a memory. See?" He pointed to the deepest crease. "This one is when your mommy said she'd marry me. And this one," he pointed to the next one, almost as deep as the first. "Is when she told me she was going to have you."
Small hands moved up, pointing to the ones around his eyes. "What about those ones?"
"This one," he pointed to the longest one. "Was when I found out that your mother had intended to surprise me when we first got married, but managed to burn dinner."
The child's nose wrinkled. "Mommy's not a very good cook."
"She never has been." He agreed in a stage whisper. "But when it was over, we were able to laugh about it."
"So lines on your face means you have lots of good memories?"
"That's part of it." He agreed. "But you only get them when you're as old as I am; when you need reminding of all the good things that have happened to you because you can't do a lot of those things anymore."
The girl sat up and threw her arms about her father's neck for a tight hug. "When I grow up, I hope I have a face full of deep lines!"
He chuckled softly and stroked her hair, placing a gentle kiss on her forehead. "So do I, sweetie. So do I."
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EU countries should be able to block US spies from accessing their citizens' data, the ECJ has said, in what is being billed as a landmark ruling.
The so-called Safe Harbor agreement between the US and Europe allows the National Security Agency (NSA) to use the Prism surveillance system exposed by whistleblower Edward Snowden to wade through the personal data and communication records of EU citizens held by nine internet giants.
However, issuing his opinion on the case of Austrian campaigner Max Schrems, who challenged Facebook over the transfer of his personal information to American intelligence agencies, ECJ Advocate General Yves Bot said today that the agreement does not stop EU data privacy watchdogs from investigating complaints or bar them from suspending the transfers.
A final ruling by the ECJ's 15 judges on the case is expected later this year and while Bot's opinion is not binding, the court's final decision normally follows his initial assessment.
"After an initial review of the advocate general's opinion of more than 40 pages it seems like years of work could pay off. Now we just have to hope that the judges of the Court of Justice will follow the advocate general's opinion in principle," said Schrems.
He added that while his case was specific to Facebook it may also apply to other tech giants operating in Europe like Apple, Google, Yahoo and Microsoft and could have major implications for EU-US data flows.
In the 44-page opinion, Bot warned that the European rules which govern the agreement are invalid and said internet users in Europe have no effective judicial protection while the large scale data transfers are happening.
"The access of the United States intelligence services to the data transferred covers, in a comprehensive manner, all persons using electronic communications services, without any requirement that the persons concerned represent a threat to national security," he wrote.
"Such mass, indiscriminate surveillance is inherently disproportionate and constitutes an unwarranted interference with the rights guaranteed by Articles 7 and 8 of the Charter (of Fundamental Rights of the European Union)."
The European Commission said 13 revisions to Safe Harbor have been adopted in a bid to restore trust and officials are also said to be confident a deal can be done soon with the US on a new arrangement over the transfer of data.
Vera Jourova, European commissioner for justice, consumers and gender equality, said: "My aim is to ensure that European consumers' personal data is effectively protected in practice. A strengthened Safe Harbor will restore trust in EU-US data flows. I am confident that we will be able to soon conclude our work on strengthening the Safe Harbor arrangement."
The ECJ opinion could see consumers in Europe lose out on new services that require data transfers to the US or elsewhere, according to DigitalEurope, which lobbies for tech firms in Brussels.
John Higgins, director general, said: "We are concerned about the potential disruption to international data flows if the court follows today's opinion. In addition to the disruption a court ruling would have on international data flows, it would also frustrate the creation of the Digital Single Market in Europe because it would fragment Europe's approach to data flows out of the EU."
Schrems' challenge to seek an investigation into what data of his was sent to US spies by Facebook will come back to the High Court in Dublin after the ECJ issues its final ruling.


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SOURCE: A review of The Taming of the Shrew, in Cahiers Élisabéthains, Vol. 52, October, 1997, pp. 122-24.
In the review below, Liston comments on the unique setting of director Richard Rose's production of The Taming of the Shrew, adding that the two actors playing Katherina and Petruchio, while "very good actors," were not well suited for these roles. Liston contends that as a whole, the production failed to spark enthusiasm.
The Taming of the Shrew, directed by Richard Rose, sets and lights by Graeme Thomson, costumes by Charlotte Dean, Festival Theatre, Stratford, Ontario, 10 June 1997, two hours fifty-five minutes.
The Taming of the Shrew is so popular, despite its apparently politically incorrect message, that it frequently gets some kind of updating to make the production stand out from others. For the Stratford Festival Theatre's 1997 production director Richard Rose, omitting the Christopher Sly plot, set the play in New...
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