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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. What does it play when acceleratng uncontrollably? by Rockoon · · Score: 5, Funny

    "ATTENTION PEDESTRIANS! This vehicle is accelerating uncontrollably while an elderly man panics in the drivers seat! Please make way!"

    --
    "His name was James Damore."
  2. Also add horse sounds by Ossifer · · Score: 5, Funny

    They need to add the sounds of hooves and the cracking of whips too, for those of us not used to these newfangled horseless carriages...

    1. Re:Also add horse sounds by bsDaemon · · Score: 5, Funny

      Can't you just hire someone to sit on top of the Prius and crack some coconuts together?

  3. Re:What does it play when acceleratng uncontrollab by blair1q · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm not panicking, and it's not uncontrolled.

    Learn to cross at the light, asshole.