Scare Stories: Electric Vehicles Kill The Green Cross Code Man

SCARE Stories: Anorak’s daily look at horror stories making news - when electric cars and golf carts attack:

Harold Scruby from the Pedestrian Council of Australia said children, cyclists, the elderly and the blind were most at risk of being hit by the electric vehicles, which emitted much less noise than petrol or diesel vehicles.

Stop. Look. Sniff:

“When children are taught to cross the road they’re taught three things _ stop, look and listen,’’ he said.

“When you have an electric car running on electric mode you can’t hear them.

“It should be mandatory that these manufacturers build into them some noise function - not too noisy, but enough so that people can hear them coming.’’

On a brighter note:

“Biodiesel Congeals, School Buses Stall” - New York Times

Green Cross Code Man: Tim Blair

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Posted: 25th, January 2009 | In: Media, Scare Stories Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink