Future Cars: The Silent Killer
by Some of them get the best mpg ever known in history. They’ll start to save our world from global warming. They’re green, their cool, and most of them are even affordable. That doesn’t mean they don’t come without a price..
What pops into your mind when you think about todays cars? Or the cars promised for 2010 and 2011?
You probably Imagine that they are comfortable, and your remembering the smell of a new car. The sleek new style of the new car trend isn’t something you mind either. Because of the recent economic crisis, many of these newer greener cars are even affordable and within reach to even lower income consumers.
At what price do we get these almost luxury technologies? They’ll stop pollution, they’ll use less essential resources, and they’ll save money. But what bad things could result from these “better” cars?
Here’s something else to chew on, “Loud Pipes Save Lives”. I’m not the first person to coin the phrase, and I’m not sure who did. However, they are right. I bet you never thought that your noisy belt, or rattling engine could save a life? They can, just think about for a moment. Stew on it for a while if you need to.
There’s no doubt that most drivers in todays world are distracted, stressed out, and just plain old not paying attention. Even with the new laws banning cell phones, loud stereo’s and in car TV’s, it just doesn’t stop. People are too busy thinking about everything but the heavy machinery under their palms. Couple that with the idiotic people that jay walk, wear black at night, or just plain don’t notice a car coming, and you have quite a deadly equation on your hands.
Those loud hoopties that barrel down the road may be polluting road hazards, but you surely know when they are coming! There’s no way you can miss those squeaky belts or ear bending worn brakes. Loud custom exhaust, and pumping stereo’s tell us someone is driving near by. We automatically pay attention to the road around us when we hear these things, and yet, they are so under appreciated.
Sure, we all prefer a quiet drive, wear we can comfortably listen to our music and not fear some crazy other driver who might cause and accident with us. But I personally would prefer to know just where all the other drivers are.
When new hyrbids, Bio Fueled and Smart Cars start becoming more popular, we’ll lose all those old loud clunky machines that alert us they are near. Most people are shouting “Hurray” to that, but what they aren’t thinking about, is that newer cars are much much quieter than their predecessors.
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