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Re:The rise of fake engine noise by JoeAltmaier on Thursday January 22, 2015 @11:08AM (#8929860)
Not following. How do radio signals help a kid stepping off a curb? Not everybody owns a phone; not everybody has it on and running the 'don't get run over' app.

We've been trained as a people to respond to environmental cues. The learning period to adjust to different cues (beeps, phone apps etc) is another phrase for 'lots of people get hit by silent cars'.

I'd suggest a period of dual cues - make noise, AND whatever else we imagine could help us not get run over. Eventually the noise part might fade away.

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Re:The rise of fake engine noise by jarek on Thursday January 22, 2015 @02:43PM (#8931259)
Radio signals to help blind people, replacing sound.

The learning period for "vehicles don't make noise at speeds that can kill you" has already begun. Priuses have been around for 10 years.

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Re:The rise of fake engine noise by JoeAltmaier on Friday January 23, 2015 @10:40AM (#8935340)
Until a sizeable fraction of the cars on the road are silent, the learning period has not yet significantly begun.
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Re:The rise of fake engine noise by jarek on Friday January 23, 2015 @12:29PM (#8936047)
Great, so it's begun in Vancouver and San Francisco. Forefront of transportation :)
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