It's silly. Any car's road noise (tire/road friction) is much louder than the artificial sound at any speed likely to dangerous. The car has 8 cameras, 12 ultrasonic sensors and 1 radar sensor, can distinguish between an SUV and a traffic cone, can read stop signs and traffic lights, and auto-brakes. No one will be saved by this annoyance. And if some lawyer finds my wire disconnected, I'll just tell him "It's a Tesla - a lot of the stuff doesn't work. Get used to it!"
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All Model 3s built since 9/1/2019 have a pedestrian warning speaker installed
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It's silly. Any car's road noise (tire/road friction) is much louder than the artificial sound at any speed likely to dangerous. The car has 8 cameras, 12 ultrasonic sensors and 1 radar sensor, can distinguish between an SUV and a traffic cone, can read stop signs and traffic lights, and auto-brakes. No one will be saved by this annoyance. And if some lawyer finds my wire disconnected, I'll just tell him "It's a Tesla - a lot of the stuff doesn't work. Get used to it!"
MarsOrBust
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PACEMD
Active Member
Interesting question. How do you feel about your part in asking that?
silentcorp
Member
Not to mention that if you hit a pedestrian there isn't much more a lawyer needs, there are very strict laws about this sort of thing.
MarsOrBust
Member
Then comes the Police Tickets when the see your care does not meet NHTSA standards.
It won't happen right away but give it time it will happen to somebody. Specially now that
the standard requires EV to make noise.
All electric cars will need to emit a sound at up to 19 mph to protect pedestrians starting in 2019 - Electrek
However an electronic mute would be ideal.
It won't happen right away but give it time it will happen to somebody. Specially now that
the standard requires EV to make noise.
All electric cars will need to emit a sound at up to 19 mph to protect pedestrians starting in 2019 - Electrek
However an electronic mute would be ideal.
dgpcolorado
high altitude member
This has been much discussed upthread. A major reason for the noisemaker was to aid the blind in hearing approaching slow-speed cars before stepping out into traffic. A problem with it is that crowded cities can be so noisy that the noisemaker won't be heard, while in quiet places it is more obtrusive than needed. It is something of a compromise.
I need to remove my tint. I might get sued if i hit a pedestrian and their lawyer finds out my side windows are tinted and reduced visibility.
MarsOrBust
Member
There are limits on window tint for each state. I had to change my side window tints a few years ago because they were below legal limit.
Might also get sued if their lawyer finds out i didnt count
One thousand one
One thousand two
One thousand three
At a stop sign.
So many ways to get sued!!
One thousand one
One thousand two
One thousand three
At a stop sign.
So many ways to get sued!!
DopeGhoti
Active Member
Every state law I have looked at only specifies a "full and complete stop" or some substantively identical version thereof, not one statute I have seen specifies a duration to remain stopped (three seconds or otherwise) notwithstanding some flavor of "proceed[ing] after ensuring the road way is clear" and that the driver in question has right-of-way.
(Despite rumors to the contrary, stop signs with white borders are not optional
)Every state law I have looked at only specifies a "full and complete stop" or some substantively identical version thereof, not one statute I have seen specifies a duration to remain stopped (three seconds or otherwise) notwithstanding some flavor of "proceed[ing] after ensuring the road way is clear" and that the driver in question has right-of-way.
(Despite rumors to the contrary, stop signs with white borders are not optional
I got that from a cop lecture after i got pulled over for doing a <insert state> stop: aka rollstop. For someone reason it stuck with me.
I got off with a warning tho
dgpcolorado
high altitude member
I consider stop signs on private property, such as store parking lots and shopping malls to be optional. Haven't a clue whether that is really true or not since I never bothered to research it....(Despite rumors to the contrary, stop signs with white borders are not optional
I consider stop signs on private property, such as store parking lots and shopping malls to be optional. Haven't a clue whether that is really true or not since I never bothered to research it.
In a former life, I was a cop. In my state, traffic control devices (stop signs, one-way signs, etc.) on private property are not subject to the state's Motor Vehicle code unless the property owner grants the police the authority to patrol and write summonses (and the signs must comply with state standards). We had a big mall in our town and the mall wanted stop signs enforced (and they wanted cops patrolling), so we wrote more than a few stop sign tickets, but generally only when an accident occurred.
And yes - full and complete stop and you must yield to oncoming traffic. Easiest way is to focus on the rims, not the bumper. Much easier to catch the slow roll. Around here, people approach the stop sign with the intent to merely slow down and only stop when another car is coming. As we used to say - all you need to know is written on the sign: STOP. No asterisk for *if no one is coming, *if you feel like it, *if there's no cop around, *or go slow, that's fine, too.
Candleflame
Active Member
unless you hit the pedestrian below 20kmh there is no noise anyway.
PACEMD
Active Member
Every pedestrian I hit makes a lot of noise..........It's just harder to hear when your driving at 50 mph............
besides it’s gonna be impossible if tesla QC was the issue or if you modified it. Remember the model y with the roof that flew off???
I disagree with this (though won't give a thumbs down). I will admit that I have not heard the noise, but I can assure that I have had MANY instances of coming up behind people at a slower speed and they did NOT hear me coming. Not people wearing headphones and it is usually not a noisy area (it is often in the alley in our condo complex).
I cannot believe that two people (as of this writing) gave this post a thumbs down! I swear, people are humor impaired!
