Before this gets way off track, I'll say again: There is no way anyone can pretend that a hybrid car in EV mode is so quiet that you won't hear it when its going fast enough to pose a real danger. At any speed where the car might be really that quiet, I have plenty of time to react to any possible danger of colliding with a pedestrian, blind or otherwise, even if they deliberately jump in front of my car. The complaint is total nonsense.

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