Bob,

Is there any data on how many accidents involve hybrid vehicles and how many of those involve pedestrians? I would venture to bet that the % involving pedestrians is less than 1% if there even are any.

I could see them wanting to install the device that generates the signal for the blind, as it doesn't make any noise that can be heard with the "naked" ear. It's kind of funny that a politician would actually ask for more "pollution" since they want the vehicles to make noise which is in essence noise pollution.