Idiot Philosopher, Michael Stipe of REM, makes a startling discovery
REM frontman Michael Stipe has urged electric car manufacturers to install loud ringtones in the vehicles – after he was nearly killed by one.
The Man on the Moon singer was left shaken when an silent electric car narrowly missed him in Los Angeles, and predicts the problem will increase with the futuristic transport’s growing popularity – unless music is played to alert pedestrians to their presence.
He says, “It was an electric car! I suddenly thought to myself: ‘This is going to be a big, big problem.’ People will be run over by electric cars all the time. They make no noise. No sound. They’re silent!�
So it is either the earth explodes because of global warming or everyone is killed by a silent but deadly electric car.
Some days, you just can’t win.
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