“The notion that battery E.V.’s and plug-in hybrids might be too quiet has gained backing in Congress, among federal regulators and on the Internet. The Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2009, introduced early this year, would require a federal safety standard to protect pedestrians from ultra-quiet cars.”
Counter-productive.
Hybrid Cars May Include Fake Vroom for Safety - NYTimes
(via dpstyles)My family beta tested the GM EV1 in 1997 for two weeks. That car was practically silent. You really could sneak up on pedestrians and that was before everyone had white earbuds in. GM’s solution was pretty simple. There were two horns: a fairly quiet, pedestrian horn and a normal horn. How much more complicated do we need to get with this?
