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Toyota Adds External Speakers To Warn Pedestrians

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the noise-pollution dept.

HockeyPuck writes "When I was a kid, playing with my matchbox cars, I used to say 'VROOOM VROOOM' to pretend my toy cars had big engines in them. Well it seems that Toyota has decided to do the same thing with the Prius by optionally installing, in Japan, external speakers to alert pedestrians of oncoming Priuses."

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  1. Hmmmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Is the default recording "Pretentious Asshole Coming Through"

  2. Re:Horn? by omi5cron · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    exactly!! i am all for evolution taking place. doesn't matter how old, or even what species. either learn to ALWAYS be cautious, or remove yourself from the gene pool. of course, if all vehicles eventually become super-quiet, i assume that all creatures become vigilant or roadkill!! maybe that would make some Blackberry-texting freak think twice about doing so while crossing roadways. also, please be aware of the cynical-sarcastic frame of mind i am in at present!!