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Nov 3, 2010

SAFETY * Ireland - NCBI calls for minimum noise standards on electric vehicles

Dublin,Ireland -HGV Ireland -November 3, 2010: -- The National Council for the Blind of Ireland (NCBI) has called on the Government to implement minimum noise standards on electric vehicles to improve public safety... The call comes following the announcement a deal between Toyota and the government to trial a new electric vehicle (Prius Plug-in Hybrid) in the Irish market... The NCBI has welcomed the move, but said that clear legislation should be introduced which obliges vehicle manufacturers and importers of vehicles to adopt external sound technologies that have minimum noise level criterion and emit a certain standardised sound, to ensure public safety – particularly for vision impaired and blind people... The NCBI said the safety concern is because most people with impaired vision rely heavily on their hearing when crossing roads and use the noise of oncoming traffic as a cue for when it is safe to cross a road. The general public also use similar cues to alert them to use sub-conscious ways of measuring dangers and providing for their own safety... (Image from t3.gstatic)

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