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Radio signals to help blind people, replacing sound. The learning period for "vehicles don't make noise at speeds that can kill you" has already begun. Priuses have been around for 10 years.
Until a sizeable fraction of the cars on the road are silent, the learning period has not yet significantly begun.
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I still want one that makes the sounds of the vehicles in The Jetsons. Why aren't loadable and customizable sounds a thing?
If the sounds are too different from existing mental models, they won't be associated with oncoming traffic?
Go with something menacing, like the sound a TIE Fighter makes. Attention getting, futuristic, and you won't feel like you're riding around on Scooty-Puff Jr.
As a motor vehicle enthusiast, I think it's important to distinguish "real noises intentionally amplified by physical audio routing" and "electronic recordings or audio processing played through speakers." I don't object to routing engine noises to the cabin to allow for a loud-feeling vehicle (without necessarily being loud to people outside the car). To me, this isn't fake. The driver experiences real engine noise,…
Perhaps it's because I have no interest whatsoever in cars, but I have trouble seeing the distinction. If the idea is that certain sounds are merely the side effect of attributes which are themselves desired for reasons other than their sound, like a powerful engine, then it seems like any intentional design to produce or amplify those sounds are completely useless. What the driver wants is the actual attributes whic…