{"id":193160535,"date":"2011-02-14T15:42:15","date_gmt":"2011-02-14T15:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=193160535"},"modified":"2011-02-14T15:42:15","modified_gmt":"2011-02-14T15:42:15","slug":"hybrid-cars-more-dangerous-to-pedestrians-and-cyclists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=193160535","title":{"rendered":"Hybrid Cars More Dangerous to Pedestrians and Cyclists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/straightouttasuburbia.blogspot.com\/2011\/02\/hybrid-cars-higher-crash-risk-for.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Straight Outta Suburbia<\/a> focuses on a new report [<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov\/Pubs\/811204.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PDF<\/a>] from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration which found that hybrid vehicles were involved in \u201csignificantly\u201d more collisions than vehicles with internal combustion engines, under certain circumstances. Some car companies, including Nissan, have begun seeking engineering solutions to the problem, including innovations like an artificial sound system. But better planning for less car dependent cities is the safest solution, the blog notes. \u201cIt\u2019s very difficult to get a handle on the  problems caused by cars just by trying to improve the cars themselves.  One solution (hybrid drive train) can create another problem (higher  pedestrian and cyclist risk).\u201d<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nFound via <a href=\"https:\/\/streetsblog.net\/2011\/02\/14\/backwards-budgeting-city-love-and-dangerous-hybrids\/\">Streetsblog.net<\/a>oldId.20110214154215726<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Straight Outta Suburbia focuses on a new report [PDF] from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration which found that hybrid vehicles were involved in \u201csignificantly\u201d more collisions than vehicles with internal combustion engines, under certain circumstances. Some car companies, including Nissan, have begun seeking engineering solutions to the problem, including innovations like an artificial sound &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=193160535\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hybrid Cars More Dangerous to Pedestrians and Cyclists&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193160535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193160535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=193160535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193160535\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=193160535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=193160535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=193160535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}