Posts Tagged ‘silent-engine technology’

Hybrid Cars a Threat to Blind People?

A 2006 Honda Civic hybrid. (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons users Davepape and CGameProgrammer.)Hybrid cars and other vehicles with silent engines could pose a threat to visually impaired people who rely on traffic noises to judge when it’s safe to cross the street, according to the National Federation of the Blind. To address that concern, two U.S. House representatives have introduced a bill that would require the Secretary of Transportation to study ways to protect the [...]

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