Electric, Hybrid Cars to Be Required to Sound Pedestrian Alerts
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The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will propose a rule requiring electric and hybrid vehicles to sound an alert under certain conditions to alert pedestrians to their presence.
The rule will require all such vehicles to come equipped with a pedestrian safety sound system, the agency said in a notice published on its website today. The regulation will cover light and low-speed vehicles, motorcycles, buses and heavy-duty trucks.