Blog Articles for H.R.5734
H.R.5734: To direct the Secretary of Transportation to study and establish a motor vehicle safety standard that provides for a means of alerting blind and other pedestrians of motor vehicle operation.
March 20, 2009 Fast tracking production of electric vehicles: what about the ...
Ford's electric Focus that will roll out for sale in early 2011 was made by a company named Magna. It's purely electric - and goes 100 miles without recharging, while the Chevy Volt goes 40 miles on electric before going on gas. ...
Source: WHEELIE CATHOLIC
December 29, 2008 Buy the patent: Integrated Electronic Exhaust Sound System (e ...
In congress, as we speak, H.R. 5734 The Pedestrian Enhancement Safety Act of 2008 is being sponsored by over 50 representatives and senators. When passed, it will ultimately regulate a minimum sound requirement on all EVs. ...
December 18, 2008 "Bell the Hybrid" - Round II - GreenHybrid - Hybrid Cars
Ray LaHood, a late cosponsor of H.R. 5734. This will make it somewhat difficult to figure out the best approach. Sad to say, it may lead to a much tougher problem than we had in 2008. Bob Wilson ...
Source: GreenHybrid - Hybrid Cars
December 01, 2008 Public News Service
The next Congress is expected to re-introduce the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act (HR 5734). Gourgey says that measure would mandate funding and coordinate research to add a signature sound to hybrid vehicles. ...
Source: Public News Service
October 28, 2008 Personal rant
It wasn't until Congress went into recess without passing HR 5734 that I realized how obsessed I've been on defeating the "Bell the Hybrid Act." Two 750 mile trips, one to DC and one to HybridFest; about $500 in mailing costs; ...
Source: priuschat Forums
October 17, 2008 priuschat.com :: Cargo area cover
Silence is assent -- HR 5734. Hi folks, If you don't let your congress critters know what you think about the " ... LinkBack to this Thread: http://priuschat.com/forums /prius-main-forum/47322 . ...
Source: InfoNewsInformatica
October 01, 2008 Warning label on sun visor?
There is a favorable probability that HR 5734, the "Bell the Hybrid Act," is all but dead. There is no equivalent Senate bill and the current business has pretty well sucked out all of the oxygen. Sure there will be a lame duck session ...
Source: priuschat Forums
September 25, 2008 "Bell the Hybrid Act" -- Freedom of Info. Act
Yet HR 5734 has this explicit language:. "(6) when operating on their electric engines, hybrid vehicles cannot be heard by blind people and others, rendering such vehicles extremely dangerous when driving on the street, emerging from ...
Source: PriusChat Forums
September 25, 2008 "bell the hybrid act" -- freedom of info. act
yet hr 5734 has this explicit language:. "(6) when operating on their electric engines, hybrid vehicles cannot be heard by blind people and others, rendering such vehicles extremely dangerous when driving on the street, emerging from ...
Source: priuschat Forums
September 16, 2008 NoiseOFF - The Coalition Against Noise Pollution - Maryland
A proposed law, HR 5734, mandates noise making generators on quiet vehicles. The National Federation for the Blind has been lobbying congress for noise making generators on hybrid-electric cars, claiming that the noise will allow their ...
September 08, 2008 AutoSpeed - Response
But my interest increased after a bill was introduced to the USA Congress, HR 5734, April 2008. That bill, "Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2008", mandates noise levels from hybrid electrics. We call it the "Bell the Hybrid Act," .
August 29, 2008 Can a car be too quiet? - On The Horizon
The California bill is a duplicate of HR 5734, we call the "Bell the Hybrid Act," so California tax payers will pay twice: (1) state taxes for Lowenthal's study, and (2) federal taxes for HR 5734. We recommend contacting the California ...
August 29, 2008 Wiki editor help -- HR 5734
... yet, and; (3) an average of 5 blind are part of the annual 4700 pedestrian deaths each year. This hearing relates to pending Federal legislation HR 5734 and applies to the nearly identical California legislation SB 1174. ...
Source: priuschat Forums
August 29, 2008 Wiki editor help -- HR 5734
... yet, and; (3) an average of 5 blind are part of the annual 4700 pedestrian deaths each year. This hearing relates to pending Federal legislation HR 5734 and applies to the nearly identical California legislation SB 1174. ...
Source: priuschat Forums
August 22, 2008 CNSNews.com - Electric and Hybrid Cars Bad for the Blind
The California bill is a carbon copy of HR 5734, the "Bell the Hybrid Act", so the California tax payers would get to pay for the same study twice: (1) state taxes and (2) federal taxes for HR 5734. But some of use have sent notes to ...
Source: CNSNews.com Headlines
August 22, 2008 Hybrids, Too Quiet For Their Own Good? « Earth2Tech
There is a nearly identical bill before Congress, HR 5734, and SB 1174 ensures California tax payers will pay for the same âstudyâ twice. This âstudyâ looks just like the Federal bill, HR 5734, that has a hook to impose noise makers on
Source: Earth2Tech
August 21, 2008 125mph Tesla Roadster solves electric car performance deficiency ...
Adding noise makers to hybrid electric cars is already in a bill before the USA Congress, HR 5734, we call 'Bell the Hybrid Act.' There has been one hearing and the public record is available: www.regulations.gov - search ...
Source: The Tech Herald Technology News
August 19, 2008 Blog wars!
Hi folks, I've been a pest about HR 5734 but sometimes you like to have a little fun. Now I'm not a fan of blogs, they too often are self-serving and carry less weight than the electrons used to run them. However, sometimes they are ...
Source: priuschat Forums
August 19, 2008 Blog wars!
Hi folks, I've been a pest about HR 5734 but sometimes you like to have a little fun. Now I'm not a fan of blogs, they too often are self-serving and carry less weight than the electrons used to run them. However, sometimes they are ...
Source: PriusChat Forums
August 11, 2008 Do Hybrids or EVs really need Fake Exhaust sounds for the Blind?
Lotus Gas-Sipper. Lotus Cars seems to be the latest car manufacturer to be jumping on the Hybrid / EV bandwagon. It took them long enough, seeing that a Tesla Roadster IS a Lotus Elise. Yes, they modified it to damn-near a nth of its ...
Source: fastandloud.com
August 11, 2008 Do Hybrids or EVs really need Fake Exhaust sounds for the Blind?
Lotus Gas-Sipper. Lotus Cars seems to be the latest car manufacturer to be jumping on the Hybrid / EV bandwagon. It took them long enough, seeing that a Tesla Roadster IS a Lotus Elise. Yes, they modified it to damn-near a nth of its ...
Source: Fast and Loud
August 11, 2008 Adding Fake Sound to Electric Cars
A proposed law, HR 5734, mandates noise making generators on quiet vehicles. The National Federation for the Blind has been lobbying congress for noise making generators on hybrid-electric cars, claiming that the noise will allow their ...
Source: David W. Boles' RelationShaping
August 08, 2008 Lotus - lets have some fun
These folks are trying to ride HR 5734 to a government mandated purchase of their "noise" system. They are just trying to curry favor and really don't care about the big picture. Regardless, they have issued a press release to multiple ...
Source: priuschat Forums
August 08, 2008 CrunchGear » Archive » Hybrid Vehicles: Itâs quiet out there, a ...
This nonsense, HR 5734, the âBell the Hybrid Actâ has been supported by Congress critters who havenât realized that noise making cars already kill 4700 pedestrians per year. This bill does nothing to improve safety, just drive up the ...
Source: CrunchGear
August 07, 2008 HR 5734
As some of you know, Iâve been applying my engineering skills to fixing some Congressional nonsense, HR 5734, the âBell the Hybrid Actâ that proposes to put noise makers on all hybrid electrics. With the Congressional recess, ...
Source: the Prius owners group
July 29, 2008 Hybridfest Day 2 - The Show!
I also met fellow anti HR 5734 enthusiast Bob Wilson, who was there with his petition against that stupid bill. I attended the âBest of Presentationâ, where the best car display, floor display, etc. got an award, then moved my FEH (Ford ...
Source: Rich Rambles:
July 29, 2008 HR 5734 - final submittals
NHTSA-2008-0108 and HR 5734, "Bell the Hybrid Act." I've also used the petitions from HybridFest to send letters to the representatives of everyone who signed asking that hybrid electric owners get a fair seat at the table. ...
Source: PriusChat Forums
July 12, 2008 New Scientist Technology Blog: Fake engine noise makes electric ...
Hybrid and electric vehicles are potentially silent killers thanks to their stealthy electric engines that do not warn pedestrians they are coming. So goes the argument for making them produce some kind of warning noise, ...
Source: New Scientist Technology Blog
July 02, 2008 Update on hybrid car issue
... Texasâleading representatives of the automobile industry as well as United States Congressman Ed Towns of New York, the sponsor of the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2008 (HR 5734), will address the nearly three thousand blind ...
Source: Living on the frontlines
June 27, 2008 The blind leading the blind
The Prius of the future? Bob Wilson, who I know from the Yahoo Prius Technical Mailing list lso of GreenHybrid.com has been involved in the upcoming bill to add ânoisemakersâ to hybrids (in particular the Prius) to make them less ...
Source: the Prius owners group
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