Thread: Hybrid vehicles have higher pedestrian crashes

Quote: Originally Posted by Yotsuya I'll say anything about taxi drivers, hybrid or not. They're the biggest menace to traffic of any type in town, even more than buses. Lots of those are hybrids now, too. so that means that people who drive crown vics are safer drivers now?

Quote: Originally Posted by neko Tire noise? aww, come on, i'd betcha most hypermiling, greenie, hybrid owners are running their super-skinny tires with 55psi in them to extend their mileage... :P And no wonder they can't stop in time either to avoid the accident. when you've got virtually no contact patch because of those practices, its not suprising I laugh every time i see some place recommending higher tire pressures to...

Quote: Originally Posted by Lantec QFT. How can you not see a 1.5 ton piece of metal coming at you? Even hybrids can be heard coming, tire noise will always be there, especially in those squeeky parking lots, and there's always that high pitched electrical transistor whine. It's not hard to detect. How do you not see parked cars or trees? People drive into them all the time.

^^ I guess to make the driver More Focused, that is strange.

Quote: Originally Posted by sir_wagon I wonder if they took into consideration where the vehicles were driven before making the comparisons between hybrids and non-hybrids. I would not be surprised if urban areas have a higher proportion of hybrids than rural areas. That is a good point. I had not thought of it.

Quote: Originally Posted by whoosh let me tell you about the abundance of non-hybrid jackass drivers that love to cut in front of prius's traveling in the right lane. I just got cut in front by a Prius in the car pool lane the other day!

Quote: Originally Posted by WRXBob I just got cut in front by a Prius in the car pool lane the other day! wtf is with them doing that. I have had that happen to me several times with them cutting across the solid double white lines / median. both times i was slight over the speed limit with my V1 going off on me.

Quote: Originally Posted by whoosh and all sti/wrx drivers are the best and all evo drivers are the best and all the 350z drivers are the best and so on just keep going because that attitude just helps to prove that prejudice against prius drivers is real. Notice i said SOME...not all.

Quote: Originally Posted by movieman Other issues to consider: If you're buying a hybrid, you're more likely to be: a) driving in town b) driving a lot c) a taxi driver (Nothing against taxi drivers per se, but the only people who've come close to killing me as a pedestrian in the last decade were driving taxis at the time) Consequently the odds of pedestrian accidents are much higher than someone who drives a Civic for 5,000...

I'll say anything about taxi drivers, hybrid or not. They're the biggest menace to traffic of any type in town, even more than buses. Lots of those are hybrids now, too.