Do Electric Propulsion Vehicles Really Need To Generate Noise?

Ok then ... here's a DIY guide from fellow nutty peep's that have been there before you. I'm sure they can give you pointers.
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As much as I agree with some of your sentiment, I also feel sorry for those that CAN'T see a vehicle. Unfortunately, when you protect those that need it you end up doing it for the rest that IMO shouldn't need it. I hate driving through parking lots just for the fact that most people don't even have the courtesy to put a little pep in their step when you let them cross.

However, I also don't know how much of a problem this whole thing really is, either. I've seen conflicting articles on the topic (granted, it's only been a few). I also don't live in an area with an abundance of blind folks, or at least that I'm aware of, to know if it seems to be a problem for them.

 

The subject matter "here" is not about what we, as drivers, see or hear and react to in some manner.

Nor is the issue altogether about the handicapped. Those of us with perfectly good eyesight and hearing often, out of habit, inattention, would not notice an oncoming vehicle that is noiseless. How many of us have never had a pedestrian, deeply involved in a conversation, etc, etc, step off the curb directly in front of you.

I remember years ago wife and I Christmas shopping in NYC. I was standing at, ON, the curb waiting for the light to change when my wife grabbed my arm and yanked me backwards. Just barely getting me out of the path of a NYC garage truck that the driver had for some reason decided to 'round off the corner, not slowly (beat the light...??), drove up and over the curb/sidewalk right where I had been standing.

Sure, the driver was at fault, but how would that help me from 6 feet under.

 

This issue is government mandated.