Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Feed the babies
who don't have enough to eat
Shoe the children
with no shoes on their feet
House the people
living in the street
I know there's a solution!
(Woke up listening to the Neville Brothers this morning.)
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Great song!! Better than waking up to the coffee grinder and the dogs barking!
Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Recently mentioned in another thread that may or may not have spun off of this one: Electric cars are so quiet they risk hitting pedestrians (who don't have the common sense to look both ways before crossing a street). This is actually also a problem with gas-powered cars, many of which make very little noise until they're right on top of you (literally!), as well as bicyclists.
Something that's waay overdue, then, is a personal collision detector that will signal you if you are on an interception course with anything bigger than and/or moving faster than you. Maybe it can be programmed with a familiar voice... I know if I heard my father's voice say "Look out, son!" I'd get outta that street fast!
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I saw an add recently for a luxury car that determined if you were getting to close to a vehicle in front of you and made automatic corrections. I think the car was a Mercedes (way out of my price range) but at least automakers are thinking outside of the box. My dad's Escalade (
) has rear view cameras that project the view onto his navigation screen when he's in reverse. Considering the only accidents I've ever been in/caused were when I was less than careful backing up (and they happened a loooong time ago), it would be nice to have it on all cars.
