H.R.734 - Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2009

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. view all titles (2)

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  • Short: Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 as introduced.
  • Official: 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. as introduced.

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01/06/10
Quiet Cars- love the green – but its the red I can't accept ...

... bill before the two houses that “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.” H.R. 734: ...

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12/31/09
2010 Advocacy Resolutions for this Advocate Who Is Blind

Resolution 2: resolve to work to see that HR734 and S.841 are passed and signed into law. This will force action to be taken to resolve the very real safety concerns posed by quiet cars for pedestrians who are blind. ...

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12/31/09
2009 and beyond

be done by seeing that HR 734 and S.841 are moved so that we will have a standard for sound emission for these quiet cars. This will help not only those who are blind but everyone. We also need to work toward better access to books ...

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12/14/09
Too Quiet? - PriusChat Forums

I call it a race for cacophony and the pending legislation H.R. 734 and S. 841 are marching to that cliff. The blind have an access problem, which they think adding more noise solves. Sad to say, there is no credible accident data ...

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11/08/09
STUDY: Hybrids more likely to be involved in crashes with ...

You' all do realize that HR 734 and S 841 are not limited to hybrids and electric cars, right? Read section (3), (8) and you'll notice is not limited to just hybrids. It is a minimum noise standard for all cars. ...

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11/03/09
November 2009 Courier « Wisconsin Council of the Blind and ...

United States Senators John Kerry of Massachusetts and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania introduced the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 (H.R. 734 and S. 841). This bipartisan bill directs the Secretary of Transportation to ...

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10/29/09
In the Center of the Roof: ACB: Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act ...

Cosponsors H.R. 734. Cosponsors S. 841 H.R. 734, the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 147 Cosponsors 111th Congress October 21, 2009. Rep Neil Abercrombie - Hawaii Rep Rodney Alexander - Louisiana ...

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10/21/09
Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act

Cosponsors HR 734 http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HR00734:@@@P Cosponsors S. 841 (counterpart in Senate; you can look it up as fast as RantWoman can fix the ill-behaved link she has.

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10/18/09
"Bell the Hybrid" - 111th Congress - Fuel Economy, Hypermiling ...

Hi, The current efforts to legislate noise makers on hybrids are HR 734 and S. 841. Both bills are flawed because they legislate one one solution: &q.

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10/17/09
"Bell the Hybrid" - 111th Congress

The current efforts to legislate noise makers on hybrids are HR 734 and S. 841. Both bills are flawed because they legislate one one solution: "SEC. 3. Findings. (8) ... require that vehicles emit a minimum level of sound designed to ...

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10/17/09
"Bell the Hybrid" - 111th Congress - PriusChat Forums

Hi, The current efforts to legislate noise makers on hybrids are HR 734 and S. 841. Both bills are flawed because they legislate one one solution: &q.

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10/17/09
"Bell the Hybrid" - 111th Congress - PriusChat Forums

Hi, The current efforts to legislate noise makers on hybrids are HR 734 and S. 841. Both bills are flawed because they legislate one one solution: &q.

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09/18/09
Bloomberg: Nissan Adds 'Beautiful' Noise to Make Silent Electric ...

As written, H.R. 734 condemns the blind to the same traffic hell they live in today. Bob Wilson. Click the image to open in full size. - NHW11 Click the image to open in full size. - ZVW30 A hybrid specific web site. ...

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07/28/09
Samsung HR-734 Probleme mit DVD-RW > > splashBOARD.de

Hallo Community Bin neu hier und besitze seit Kurzem den Samsung HR-734. Habe gestern folgendes Problem festgestellt: Lege ich eine DVD -RW ein, will er initialisieren.

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07/06/09
Japan Mulls Making Hybrids Louder - Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com

The opposition research against the proposed legislation, now HR 734 and S. 841, can be found at http://www.regulations.gov, search “NHTSA-2008-0108-0020″. There is no accident data showing a hybrid electric risk. ...

Source: Wheels
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07/06/09
Making noise @ the Prius owners group

If we let our Congress critters know about this Japanese effort, there would be no reason for passing HR. 734 / S. 841. After all, the Japanese are 'already doing it' and they don't need to waste legislative time on a problem that ...

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07/05/09
Japan May Require Minimum Noise Level for Hybrid Cars - CleanMPG ...

... 2008 and held a hearing. The opposition research is available from the record found at www.regulations.gov by searching for NHTSA-2008-0108-0020. The supporting legislation, H.R. 734 and S. 841 needs to be stopped. ...

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07/03/09
Noisemaker nonsense again - PriusChat Forums

The opposition research is available from the record found at www.regulations.gov by searching for NHTSA-2008-0108-0020. The supporting legislation, H.R. 734 and S. 841 needs to be stopped. Bob Wilson, Huntsville AL ...

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07/03/09
Japan wants hybrid vehicles to make more noise

But that is not found in HR 734 nor in S 841. About 5 of 4700 pedestrian deaths are the blind, killed by today's noise generating vehicles. This is 0.1% of all deaths and HR 734 and S 841 ignore the 99.9% by legislating a failing system ...

Source: CrunchGear
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07/01/09
Timing - "Bell the Hybrid" march kicks-off - PriusChat Forums

This NFB march looks to kick off their legislative effort to pass H.R. 734 and S. 841 as Congress resumes July 6 for the Senate and July 7 for the House. This weekend is your best opportunity to meet your Congress critters during the ...

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06/26/09
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06/08/09
Rescue, Blind Pedestrian Dangers Posed By Hybrids

This is a placebo and H.R. 734 and S. 841 are concentrating on "ear wash" instead of addressing effective system that can detect pedestrians and apply the brakes and alert the driver to the potential accidents. ...

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05/02/09
US congressmen want less silent electric cars

Should S. 841 and its nearly identical counterpart in the US House of Representatives, H.R. 734, make it into law, don't expect noisy ‘leccies to be roaring up your roadway anytime soon. Both bills allow for two years for the ...

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04/23/09
"Bell the Hybrid" S. 841 and HR 734

Hi folks, Now there is a Senate bill, S. 841, to match the House bill, HR 734, the two parts needed to get a law passed. Furthermore, Ray LaHood, a co-sponsor of the original "Bell the Hybrid," runs the Department of Transportation, ...

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04/23/09
"Bell the Hybrid" S. 841 and HR 734

Hi folks, Now there is a Senate bill to match the House bill, the two parts needed to get a law passed. Furthermore, Ray LaHood, a co-sponsor of the original "Bell the Hybrid," runs the Department of Transportation, which oversees the ...

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04/23/09
"Bell the Hybrid" S. 841 and HR 734

Hi folks, Now there is a Senate bill, S. 841, to match the House bill, HR 734, the two parts needed to get a law passed. Furthermore, Ray LaHood, a co-sponsor of the original "Bell the Hybrid," runs the Department of Transportation, ...

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04/22/09
National Federation of the Blind of Wisconsin

This bill is a companion bill to our legislation in the House, the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2009, H.R. 734. We must now contact our senators and urge them to join with Senators Kerry and Specter as cosponsors of this ...

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04/17/09
Lotus and Harman to Make Hybrid Cars Louder - Gearlog

H.R. 734, we call the "Bell the Hybrid Act," puts into law the same "sound" based approach that kills 4700 pedestrians every year including 5 blind. This is not science, empirical data driven legislation but pandering that ensures the .

Source: Gearlog
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04/10/09
National Federation of the Blind of Wisconsin

Presently, we have 105 cosponsors on H.R. 734, the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act. This is outstanding, but we need more. A legislative alert was sent last week identifying the cosponsors. Over the spring district work period, ...

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03/23/09
HR 734 - "Bell the Hybrid"

Hi, Congress, the House of Representatives, has reintroduced HR 734 that again seeks to put noise makers on all hybrid electric vehicles. We have the Hogan report that shows our Prius have a similar, pedestrian accident rate to ordinary ...

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