Jun

14

No Pleasing Some People: John Kerry on a Quest to Make Hybrid and Electric Cars Noisier

Filed Under Business, Politics | 12 Comments

With the oil spill continuing, economy struggling, the national debt setting a new record every day and terror attacks being continually plotted, it’s nice to know that Senator Kerry has had enough:

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The story:

Kerry is pushing a proposal aimed at helping protect blind pedestrians who rely on their hearing to safely cross streets.

The proposal would authorize the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to establish a minimum sound requirement for hybrid and electric vehicles to alert pedestrians to their approach.

The Senate Commerce Committee has passed the plan, which Kerry first introduced last year.

Kerry pointed to a study that he said found hybrid electric vehicles were twice as likely to be involved in an accident with a pedestrian or a cyclist during very low-speed maneuvers.

Hey, I know how to make the hybrid cars noisier without even altering them — just strap a running gas-powered leaf blower to the roof.

Kerry’s all over this because when you can’t hear a car coming, it can sneak up and hit you before you’re ready for it… just like a football:

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Comments

12 Responses to “No Pleasing Some People: John Kerry on a Quest to Make Hybrid and Electric Cars Noisier”

  1. swede on June 14th, 2010 11:56 pm

    Can't
    Cure
    Stupid!

  2. Dandapani on June 15th, 2010 1:04 am

    Yabut, you can voted it out.

  3. OK_Loyalist on June 15th, 2010 1:39 am

    An ICE sweep would collapse the Heinz Corp, I seen it as far back as the early 80's.

  4. Mark1957 on June 15th, 2010 12:24 pm

    They can put baseball cards in the spokes, it worked on my bike when I was a kid !

  5. Michelle Malkin » Chevy Volt Slogan-Mania on July 31st, 2010 5:09 pm

    [...] Mass. yacht taxes before I was for them” Kerry is on a quest to make electric and hybrid cars noisier. I tell ya, there’s no pleasing some [...]

  6. TooMuchTime on July 31st, 2010 5:18 pm

    Don't worry. Someone will sue the gov't because these minimum requirements for noise will be too loud. Then we'll have to have more legislation that requires some other stupid solution. "Fix one, break two. So we still have something to do." The mantra of the socialists.

  7. Chevy Volt Slogan-Mania | The Daily Conservative on August 1st, 2010 4:40 am

    [...] Mass. yacht taxes before I was for them” Kerry is on a quest to make electric and hybrid cars noisier. I tell ya, there’s no pleasing some [...]

  8. billerubin on August 1st, 2010 3:38 pm

    That's great!

  9. henry on August 3rd, 2010 1:12 pm

    lmao…..you can't make this shit up

  10. wasabifiend on August 6th, 2010 12:57 pm

    Another example (like we needed another!) that this guy is a total maroon!

  11. ramfan79 on August 12th, 2010 5:36 am

    And we should outfit all cars with strobe lights so the hearing impaired (a.k.a. deaf) can see them coming.

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