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Don't get distracted while driving the murder machine (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I drive a car and I am constantly worried that I will hurt a pedestrian, cyclist, or animal with it. My car is an older EV that doesn't make a noise outside the car when it is running, and it especially seems to startle deer and cyclists. Only thing I can do is give them more room.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Did you disable the low-speed noise speaker or did yours not come with it? I was pretty sure they're mandatory on EVs because even first gen Leafs have them. And at speed you make more noise than an equivalently sized ICE vehicle anyway

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago

    I bought the car used and the only noises I hear from outside of it is the air conditoner, and a sort of quiet but apocalyptic-sounding backup chime. At low speeds moving forward it doesn't make a noise. Later models of my car (Leaf) have a sort of white noise generator that gives it a bit of a TIE-fighter sound. I think the noisemakers were added in 2020?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Maybe bolt one of those whistling arrows to the outside of the car? Or some wind-powered noise maker more pleasant to listen to but still easily heard?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (2 children)

    I might just see if I can adapt the noisemaker from a newer version of my car. Or install my own with my own set of sounds.

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