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the problem is actually a byproduct of a lot of high-tech innovation in power plants as cars increasingly are hybrid or plug-in hybrid or pure electric they don't emit those aural engine cues that told you there's a car behind you sorry and that means a whole lot more scenarios wear them and you can come into contact in a bad way so the u.s. pass to the pedestrian safety enhancement act it requires that quiet electrified cars intentionally make some kind of noise up to 18 miles per hour above that speed tire noise and other mechanical sounds tend to have a sufficient audio signature to warn pedestrians now what kind of sound is a question of much debate listen to some of the sounds the industry's toyed with tell me you aren't in the transporter on the enterprise car makers want to be in charge of that decision so the noise is one they feel is pleasing to their car own not annoying the sound is a major part for the brand of the vehicle so as electric vehicles could potentially sound like anything manufacturers having to think quite carefully about what what their electric vehicle should sound like others argue that all electrified cars should make the same noise so pedestrians can learn a consistent sound and know that's a car specially designed directors speakers emit sound in the driving direction and nowhere else it's probably somewhere in the middle enough leeway for car makers to sound what they want to sound but within limits so parking lots don't end up sounding like a cell phone shop full of ringtones how important is this our partners at State Farm point to a federal estimate that there could be a reduction of around 2,800 injury accidents between pedestrians and cyclists and these new quiet breed of cars over the lifetime of each model year