Comments on: Quiet Hybrids and Pedestrian Deaths

By: Christina

Christina — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 22:12:40 +0000

Notice she was driving a Hybrid SUV.
Quiet, but still gas consuming, and with an already skewed pedestrian fatality rate

By: Hugh Janus

Hugh Janus — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 07:08:18 +0000

Ever notice that that word “hybrids” starts with an “H”? Much like another word, that ends with “omos”.

By: jason

jason — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 00:55:53 +0000

so the obvious solution is to outlaw hybrids and give more tax breaks for SUVs — cuz in that end, that would save the children from dangerous hybrid cars.

i admit, i didn’t read the article, but sometimes you gotta wonder about stories like these. i mean, i do praise the journalists/editors for finding rather off-beat story idea and presenting a contrarian argument against hybrids, but you have to wonder what the motivation is. is it a warning to hybrid drivers? is it a warning to pedestrians?

nonetheless, good find, christian, and interesting to think about.

By: joe

joe — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:23:13 +0000

I do that on purpose in my Prius. I try to sneak up on people in parking lots. It’s pretty easy, unless you’re driving on gravel.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:45:14 +0000

This is why we need Carports. Like Airports every city would have a Carport or multiple Carports. The highways would only link from Carport to Carport. Once you got to a carport you would switch to a little electric car with a top speed of 20 MPG to drive around town with. No normal cars would be allowed on any roads but carport roads. And the electric cars would have pillows or vibrating massage pads for wheels so that if one of them ran over you you’d be all like “thanks, that was relaxing!”