If you get nailed by a Prius in a parking lot you may come to different conclusion. I have a relative with retinitis pigmentosa in late stage so he only sees things directly in front of him, extreme tunnel vision, and he almost got creamed by a Prius.

If you are expecting engine noise, you don’t pick up the other sounds, and you may even screen out everything except engine sounds to protect yourself.

i was overwhelmed [for about an hour] with the noise level in nyc when i first got there. the first thing i did was try to imagine what the place would sound like if all the vehicles were electric.
.-= last blog ..What’s it like to be an American living in England and using their socialized medicine? =-.

John, people already do that, I’m talking about making cars sound like cars so that blind people know they are cars.

Mozart is not associated with cars for most people, nor is it associated with “Danger! You are about to be run over!”

If your idea catches on, then I’m going to promote a new federal law prohibiting any external automobile sounds other than Eine kleine Nachtmusik. If you close your eyes and suspend belief, you can almost hear the sound of an approaching car when you click on this.