[nfb-talk] David the rocket scientist

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Except for snow tires I have to say I don't hear the tires on the roads.
Unless there is rain or snow.
But dry roads I can't pick that sound up.


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T. Joseph Carter" <tjcarter at bluecherry.net>
To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 10:34 PM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] David the rocket scientist


> In Eugene they have these articulated buses with rear engines.  The engine
> is so far away from the front of the bus that the front of the bus makes a
> little "bing" sound periodically in and outside of the bus when it is
> moving below a certain speed.  There's no reason a car would ever need to
> make this noise inside the cabin, and there's no reason for this to be
> louder than you can hear it if you're near enough to the vehicle that you
> face some potential risk.
>
> If a car is moving faster than about 20 miles per hour, it doesn't matter
> if it's totally silent, you'll hear the sound of tires on pavement.
> Slower than that, you need the car to make some noise so that good tires
> on smooth roads aren't virtually silent.  It's that simple, and I'd be
> happy to repeat that idea to anyone who wants to listen.  In fact, I don't
> mind repeating it to people who absolutely don't want to listen too.
> *grin*
>
> On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 07:22:24AM -0500, Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E] 
> wrote:
>> David;
>> Sounds like you would be a great one to be on the electronic car group.
>> We need someone knowledgeable with macanics and who could give them some
>> good advice so us blind do not get killed.  Many a time, in my parking
>> lot at home, I have not heard a car until it was almost parallel to me.
>> I stay along the parking spots or on the sidewalk, but that is hard when
>> you are shoveling out your own car or going to the trash.
>> We need you.
>> Terry Powers
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: T. Joseph Carter [mailto:tjcarter at bluecherry.net]
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 6:24 PM
>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
>> Subject: [nfb-talk] David the rocket scientist
>>
>> So David, you went from designing rockets, rovers, and the F-117-A
>> (which
>> is one very cool bird, BTW) to working on public transit?  Can you tell
>> me
>> if all of your vast experience doing the seemingly impossible is going
>> to
>> get us more deployment of next stop technology so we don't have to try
>> and
>> figure out that "BRFFFFWFFF" means "Broadway"?
>>
>> Just trying to lighten the mood a little.  *grin*
>>
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