Need Help with Reverse Chime
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To be honest, if Ford or people in general are thinking this noise is what saves lives, well, let’s just say BS. When walking through a parking lot I never rely on the sound of anything to keep me safe. You can’t hear the vast majority of cars anyway. I use my eyes and watch what’s going on around me. Same thing if I’m the guy driving; I always look in all directions before and while backing. I would hope everyone does. When’s the last time you’ve heard of someone being ran over by a vehicle backing up, ICE or electric? This beeping is overkill by government mandates. If they are so concerned about protecting lives, they should address obvious issues by forcing manufacturers to correct faulty components before anyone is killed and not wait until there is enough press or several dead people. JMHO
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From: Livonia, MI
I have had this truck for about two years and can't imagine exerting any effort to defeat the reverse beep or forward motion sound, it just isn't even on my radar of things to care about, especially if there is even a 1 in a billion chance doing so may cause accidental harm to someone.
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Joined: Feb 2022
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From: Tacoma Wa
To be honest, if Ford or people in general are thinking this noise is what saves lives, well, let’s just say BS. When walking through a parking lot I never rely on the sound of anything to keep me safe. You can’t hear the vast majority of cars anyway. I use my eyes and watch what’s going on around me. Same thing if I’m the guy driving; I always look in all directions before and while backing. I would hope everyone does. When’s the last time you’ve heard of someone being ran over by a vehicle backing up, ICE or electric? This beeping is overkill by government mandates. If they are so concerned about protecting lives, they should address obvious issues by forcing manufacturers to correct faulty components before anyone is killed and not wait until there is enough press or several dead people. JMHO
While I find nothing to prevent an owner from disabling it, if in the event one does and then is involved in a low speed pedestrian accident in which a pedestrian is injured or killed, with this safety device they disabled , You may find your self with additional , financial, legal and lawsuit exposure and liability .
I have had my powerboost for a year next month and do not even hear the sound of the going forward noise unless I am in the quiet garage, And the rear beeping, ah, so what. Hardly notice it. Not worth the effort or legal exposure to disable it.IMO
BTW Regarding EV-Pedestrian accidents:
24,297 pedestrian accidents involved electric vehicles from 2000 to 2008. The study concluded that overall, the odds of a hybrid electric vehicle being in an accident involving a pedestrian or bicycle are greater than an internal combustion engine vehicle (1.57 and 1.35, respectively).
And in my brief search for this, I came across several law firms advertising their expertise in representing pedestrians and bicyclists injured in collisions with EV and HEV. So is that beeping more annoying than a lawsuit? IMO, NO
Last edited by Roytwo; Feb 7, 2023 at 02:33 PM.