12-26-2022, 01:34 PM
Now for the dark side of these vehicles: they are heavier, so their impacts are more severe. YouTube video, which exposes some hazards that "gas buggies" don't:
My comment on this video:
I drove an electric SUV for a couple weeks, and one thing that I noticed was how quiet it was. That's great for listening to FM radio, but I wondered whether pedestrians or bicyclists would get a good warning of my presence. Ordinarily it takes two to make an accident except for fixed-object crashes. I got incredibly cautious.
In view of what you say about these super-heavy vehicles, it would be appropriate that they be driven much slower on any road not a full-blown freeway to not be menaces on the road. Doing more damage to the road they should face steep tolls (or taxes based on electricity consumption) based on weight instead of on axles. Where pedestrians might be, these vehicles need to make noises that warn people. Human instincts have adapted to gas buggies over a century or so, but electric vehicles are not the same nemesis to a pedestrian.
As for texting -- people have done such things as fiddling with the radio and CD player, itself distracting. We all know about drinking and driving when the substance contains ethyl alcohol, but drinking (or eating) anything while driving is itself a distraction.
So -- leave your cell phone with your passenger or put it in the trunk, out of reach. Pull over to accept or make a cell-phone call.
My comment on this video:
I drove an electric SUV for a couple weeks, and one thing that I noticed was how quiet it was. That's great for listening to FM radio, but I wondered whether pedestrians or bicyclists would get a good warning of my presence. Ordinarily it takes two to make an accident except for fixed-object crashes. I got incredibly cautious.
In view of what you say about these super-heavy vehicles, it would be appropriate that they be driven much slower on any road not a full-blown freeway to not be menaces on the road. Doing more damage to the road they should face steep tolls (or taxes based on electricity consumption) based on weight instead of on axles. Where pedestrians might be, these vehicles need to make noises that warn people. Human instincts have adapted to gas buggies over a century or so, but electric vehicles are not the same nemesis to a pedestrian.
As for texting -- people have done such things as fiddling with the radio and CD player, itself distracting. We all know about drinking and driving when the substance contains ethyl alcohol, but drinking (or eating) anything while driving is itself a distraction.
So -- leave your cell phone with your passenger or put it in the trunk, out of reach. Pull over to accept or make a cell-phone call.
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