New law against quiet cars
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Is it April 1st already?
So, the next thing is, all bikers need to constantly ring their bells and other pedestrians are required to whistle while on public streets?
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pure ridiculous...... a case of law makers have nothing better to do.....
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My Ride: 2007 530i. Purchased 6/28/07. Titanium Silver Metallic, Black Dakota Leather, Dark Poplar Trim, Steptronic, Premium Package, Cold Weather Package, Bluetooth, Adaptive Control Xenons. 10/30/07 Added OEM 124s with 245/40/18 & 275/35/18 Michelin Pilot Sport A/S tires. Installed red Cal Covers� from BavAuto. 11/21/07 Added OEM all-weather floor mats (for winter, carpet in summer) and coat rack. 6/26/08 installed M5-style rear spoiler. 6/30/08 put on red reflectors. 8/22/08 Euro turn signal stickers applied. 3/20/09 Installed Shadowline Trim. 3/27/09 Added Matte Black Kidney Grilles from Trinity. 4/03/09 Installed Bimmian Shadow Matte Black 530i Badges. 4/04/09 Installed LED license plate lights from Trinity. 5/01/09 Installed Brabus Interior LED Kit and White Angel Eyes. 5/02/09 Put in Brabus 6K Fogs. 5/14/09 Removed charcoal filter. 5/15/09 Installed light smoke LED side marker lamps from Trinity. 5/21/09 Sprint Booster. 6/12/09 Painted exhaust tips flat black. 6/13/09 Pulled red Cal Covers and painted calipers low gloss black. 6/27/09 RPI Ram Air Scoop from Trinity. 8/15/09 Installed Brabus's silver invisibulbs front and rear. 9/24/09 Installed R-Dash license plate LEDs from Brabaus (John).
I will say I was in a parking lot at Lowes and started to cross over to where my car was parked and one of those things whooshed by. Scared the shit outta me.
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I have to say, on many occasions, I've observed a visually impaired gentleman crossing a busy intersection by himself with only the aid of his cain, close to my home. I can't imagine how disastrous it would be if he wasn't able to hear a an electric vehicle coming and decided to step onto the street and get hit.
A lot of us here on the forum are looking for the perfect sporty sounding exhaust (some even obnoxiously loud) for our E60's - why should we care if there is a law mandating a certain level of noise coming from a hybrid vehicle - even if only for the protection of visually impaired people?
A lot of us here on the forum are looking for the perfect sporty sounding exhaust (some even obnoxiously loud) for our E60's - why should we care if there is a law mandating a certain level of noise coming from a hybrid vehicle - even if only for the protection of visually impaired people?