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Toyota Adds External Speakers To Warn Pedestrians

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the noise-pollution dept.

HockeyPuck writes "When I was a kid, playing with my matchbox cars, I used to say 'VROOOM VROOOM' to pretend my toy cars had big engines in them. Well it seems that Toyota has decided to do the same thing with the Prius by optionally installing, in Japan, external speakers to alert pedestrians of oncoming Priuses."

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  1. Re:Horn? by Lord+Ender · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No, this is a non-stop sound. You wouldn't want to lay on your horn all the time. This safety feature also sounds a lot nicer than regular road noise. Toyota has already released a sample of the sound it will play.

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