JumpStart by Robb Armstrong for November 30, 2017

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    gsawyer101  over 6 years ago

    Maybe he needs to put baseball card in the spokes

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    jpayne4040  over 6 years ago

    That’s creative!

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    sueb1863  over 6 years ago

    When automobiles first came into use they would sometimes send men out with red flags to walk in front of the car and warn people that an automobile was approaching. Maybe they should do that!

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    JanLC  over 6 years ago

    I drove a Prius for many years. Yes, it was quiet, but that should not be a problem. Drivers are required by law in all 50 states to watch out for pedestrians. Whether or not a pedestrian can hear the car coming, the driver should be paying attention to the people walking in or across the road.

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    Retired Dude  over 6 years ago

    I nearly got run over by one of those things.

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    cyphercats  over 6 years ago

    While my hybrid is somewhat quiet in electric mode, when the V6 gas motor kicks in, it’s not so quiet (it’s a Toyota Highlander hybrid SUV)

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    ktrabbit  over 6 years ago

    My college roommate had a car that was equipped with a horn AND a bicycle bell! It was under the hood and operated by a button on the dash. It was a fun, whimsical, non-aggressive way to alert passersby that she was there!

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    charliefarmrhere  over 6 years ago

    I thought I had read that when the Prius first came out, that because it was so quiet, that they had some kind of whistle on them, powered by the air flow of the vehicle movement.

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    locake  over 6 years ago

    Pedestrians need to look both ways before they step into the street. You can easily see a car coming.

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    William Bednar Premium Member over 6 years ago

    Rattling a set of keys out the window works well for D. Trump.

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    Robert T Pittman Jr Premium Member over 6 years ago

    When my Corvair was low mileage, it would startle people walking in parking lots because the engine noise blew out the rear. A few years of hard driving made it much easier to hear.

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    Daeder  over 6 years ago

    A car that doesn’t make enough noise is like a cigarette that doesn’t give you enough cancer!

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