NEW ELECTRIC CARS TO BE FITTED WITH NOISE DEVICES SO THEY CAN BE HEARD BY CYCLISTS & PEDESTRIANS
All new electric vehicles must be fitted with a noise-emitting device to alert other road users to their presence.
The European Union rule comes into force tomorrow, following concern that vehicles without a petrol or diesel engine are too quiet, putting pedestrians, cyclists and other vulnerable road users at risk because they do not realise they are approaching.
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New types of quiet electric and hybrid vehicles with four wheels must now be fitted with an acoustic vehicle alert system (AVAS) which will generate a sound similar to that made by a conventional engine.
The AVAS must be activated when a vehicle is reversing or travelling below 12mph, but the driver will have the power to deactivate it if judged necessary.
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