September 28, 2004

How to avoid getting run over by electric cars: Ringtones

elcar.jpg REM frontman Michael Stipe has taken a refreshing break from the time-honoured rock star pastime of pontificating on world hunger and political injustice to address a far more pressing matter - how to avoid getting run over by electric cars.

Stipe's solution to this perambulatory nightmare is as brilliant as it is simple: said vehicles must play ringtones to warn perdestrians of their approach. [The Register]

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