Well there I was walking home in the dark from a parish council meeting. I have my bike jacket on and Hi vis jacket over it so I can be seen. I'm walking down a lane with no path and see a car parked on the the other side of the road, lights on indicating right but engine not running. I thought they were reading a map or something, so i carry on walking and this bloody thing nearly runs me over! while pulling into a drive way.
yep you guessed it, it was a Toyota Prius running electric. If I could have heard the engine I would have waited to see what they are going to do. But with no noise I Thought it was stopped. The drive was nice and friendly and apologised for some reason he hadn't seen me :roll: god knows how! but hey it happens.
It got me thinking how much we relay on vehicle noise for road safety....
