[nfb-talk] Europe requires hybrid cars to make noise to alertpedestrians

[Ashley Bramlett]

nice; hope we get sounds in American driven cars soon

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From: David Andrews
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Europe requires hybrid cars to make noise to alert pedestrians





<http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/ekjTBYbVlCCfAwfTCidnfSCicNwsEK?format=standard>Europe
requires hybrid cars to make noise to alert pedestrians

http://www.neurope.eu/article/blind-people-soon-able-hear-silent-cars


The European Parliament will require hybrid cars to be equipped with
an Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System (AVAS). The sound system is
intended to help pedestrians, particularly those who are blind or
have vision impairments, know when the vehicles, which make little
noise, are nearby.
<http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/ekjTBYbVlCCfAwfTCidnfSCicNwsEK?format=standard>New
Europe (2/11)



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