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Lotus, the blind, and legislation?
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Last post on Oct 05, 2008 at 1:13 PM
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Re: Please, [steve_]
by boaz47
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Oct 04, 2008 (6:56 pm)
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Replying to: steve_ (Oct 04, 2008 3:41 pm)
I agree, but if the car is moving then the tire noise should be enough unless the blind person is also hard of hearing. If they are also hard of hearing a clopping sound isn't going to solve the problem. I have been into cycling for a while and you can hear cars coming from quite a distance from the tire noise alone. In fact most modern cars today run so quiet even with gas engines it is hard to tell if the are running standing right next to them blind or not. It simply is a non-issue that someone with a Chicken Little, (LOWETHAL) attitude has fallen upon and wants the government to take notice of.
I shouldn't be surprised that someone would suggest we study this issue, which is after all the purpose of the legislation, to pay some friends and family to conduct a study at taxpayers expense to see if there is an issue. The study contracts will cost less than 800 billion I hope. I also hope it doesn’t create another department like CARB. But if it does it could be called, California Research Against Possible Silence. Even the Feds had enough common sense to ignore this suggestion.
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Re: Please, [boaz47]
by steve_ HOST
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Oct 04, 2008 (7:20 pm)
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Replying to: boaz47 (Oct 04, 2008 6:56 pm)
Maybe some folks with screen readers will find this discussion and give some real world insight. I suspect that the visually impaired community doesn't enjoy common agreement on the issue either.
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Re: Please, [steve_]
by boaz47
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Oct 05, 2008 (1:13 pm)
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Replying to: steve_ (Oct 04, 2008 7:20 pm)
Like I said the feds found no merit worth commissioning a study and they were better able to fund one. Now after the bail out California is asking for several Billion dollars to shore up its short fall and if it gets it there will be strings attached that might keep them from financing studies like this that have not been an issue.
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