With the number of electric vehicles on the planet's roads increasing, society will need to adapt.
This means less noise pollution in urban areas — clearly a good thing — but also throws up a potential challenge for other road users, especially those with sight problems.
"And when the sound is not there, or is not loud enough to be able to reliably detect those vehicles, obviously that presents danger because ... you're not reliably able to know when a vehicle is approaching you."It should be noted that, around the world, legislation and technology have already been introduced in a bid tackle this issue.
The EU's regulation says the noise made by the AVAS "shall be a continuous sound that provides information to the pedestrians and other road users of a vehicle in operation." "We're not convinced that if … a vehicle is travelling at, say 13 miles per hour, it would generate, on its own, enough noise for it to be reliably detectable by sound."
"The limit of 20 km/h is sufficient, since at this level other noises — notably rolling tyre resistance — take over and are sufficient for pedestrians and cyclists to hear EVs and hybrids approaching," the Brussels-based organization added.
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