“Hybrids are Bad for the Blind” - Hybrid Cars vs. Pedestrians
Actual News Headlines on Hybrid & Electric Cars, Shame on You California!
Well here we go again. Check out California’s latest tactic in the war on alternative fuel vehicles. When gas alternative vehicles are getting so good you have nothing negative to link them to, accuse their quiet performance of being a hazard to the blind.
Do we live in a society where people are actually simple minded enough to be duped by this? Now I applaud California’s citizens for always being some of the first people to adopt alternative fuel vehicles, but I have huge issues with the California government and legislature that always does it’s best to crush anything that poses a threat to the profits of the oil industry.
Let’s take a look at the EV electric cars that they stomped out of existence back in the late 1990’s. Ten years before our current fuel crisis, we had a perfectly functional fully electric car that had been purchased by about 100 people in California. There were no complaints with these cars from the consumers. All the complaints about the cars came from car companies and people with vested interests in Big Oil.
Now when most companies decide a product is too expensive to produce they cut their losses and stop manufacturing. If they sold a few units great, that’s some money in their pockets.
Not the car companies. Not only did they halt production on electric cars, they then rounded up all the cars they had sold to customers, and had the cars crushed adding to the question of “Who Killed the Electric Car?” I’m not sure why you would destroy a car that poses no physical threat to a person or their family. (*cough*oil*money*cough*)
Enter Hybrids, we have finally found a modern alternative fuel vehicle that still relies on gasoline. This can be the happy compromise we reach with Oil companies as they will still be making record profits off of the economic collapse that has been brought about by old G.W.Bush (A man that we know has no vested interest in Oil what so ever.)
I think this is just the start of a larger psychological campaign the oil companies are about to pursue to convince people of all the reasons why Electric cars and Hybrids are “BAD” and are so much less efficient that standard cars. The car companies are stuck in the middle between producing something they can sell to make money, and catering to the oil company’s whims so they can stay in business.
There are so many Hybrids on the road already that it is not feasible to recall them all like they did with the EV1. Instead they will use negative association to convince people of all the reasons why it’s not a smart choice to buy a Hybrid or Electric car.
Are you truly trying to tell me that people can’t hear an electric vehicle? I can hear golf carts from about 100 feet away easily. If we want to pretend this is a legitimate issue, I think the main theme is personal responsibility on behalf of drivers and pedestrians.
Tell people to get off their cell phones when they are driving, and to look both ways before crossing the street. Turn down your iPod and listen for traffic, and turn down your radio and pay attention to where you’re driving. Cross in designated crossings and don’t jay-walk. Check your mirrors when backing out of parking spots and making turns.
We live in a society that truly worries me where we think we can put a child proof seal on every possible danger known to man. We need to teach people to use their heads and think for themselves instead of child proofing the world for them. Bring back the old Jiminy Cricket cartoons and teach them some common sense
I’m no fool, no siree… but I can’t say the same for the people around me. Apparently…
