Silent EV running & road rage

Anyone rushing up to my driver's window in an aggressive manner will receive a nice refreshing mist of pepper spray. Sadly, in the USA, someone approaching you as that cyclist did might just be about to shoot you.

 

Oh no, I'm not forgetting. But Bob Wilson is the primary member here to go after that regulation. Search for 'Bell the Hybrid'.

But I was specifically wanting something in between the regular horn and the current continuous noisemaker, more attention-getting but at a level that won't raise anger from others.

 

Or the aggressive person might just get shot first, by the driver. How about we all carry a cow bell, and when approaching pedestrians or cyclists we hang it out the window and ring it.

 

Much better the option to emit an Alerting sound when required than broadcasting a continuous one unnecessarily IMHO.

Well, apart from the armed forces, only the bad guys...

 

It's not bad in real life. I figure if the birds and squirrels can hear it, the morons should be able to get a hint.

 

I notice in the parade of British police procedural series we watch (interspersed with Scandanavian, Belgium, French and so on), the cops rarely pack guns. Apart from Line of Duty, maybe. And they all use their seat belts, lol.

 

I'm ok with exchanging a few choice words, I'm only going to react that way if they really come at me physically. If I see any other way to avoid it, I will.

 

Or one of these:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2Iik1XpkDk

 

You want to run over them???

 

Yeah, draw them all in with the chimes then plough them down
(I am joking BTW )

 

You sure?
Never get an Englishman mad.

 

Bet you really thought we're all mad, IIRC!

 

I'm not so sure. Here's something I found a while back. I don't remember where; it was years ago.

“The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent terrorist threats and have therefore raised their security level from ‘Miffed’ to ‘Peeved.’ Soon, though, security levels may be raised yet again to ‘Irritated’ or even ‘A Bit Cross.’ The English have not been ‘A Bit Cross’ since the blitz in 1940 when tea supplies nearly ran out. Terrorists have been re-categorized from ‘Tiresome’ to ‘A Bloody Nuisance.’ The last time the British issued a ‘Bloody Nuisance’ warning level was in 1588, when threatened by the Spanish Armada.”

 

See what you started??

 

Darn kids!

 

My Prius has the low speed noisemaker. I can hear it. And I wish I could disable it. I like creeping around.

I find it odd and unsettling that we live in a world where we are so accustomed to noise pollution that we expect it. Even appreciate it. I'm going to hop on the first spaceship to mars.

 

Myself, I can't think of a better excuse for having ears.