科学60秒:没有噪音不是我的错
[clip 1] That electronic [sound clip] is one of several alternatives if the NHTSA decides to require these cars to add sounds. Here's another [sound clip].
The goal is to give an audio cue, not unlike the beeping associated with the ___3___ of large trucks. Why? Well, a study led by psychologist Lawrence Rosenblum of the University of California, Riverside found that ___4___ test subjects could hear an internal combustion engine 36 feet away but didn't hear a hybrid until it was a mere 11 feet away.
That left ___5___ few seconds to react before the hybrid reached them. And that's not safe. Which is why the electric or hybrid cars of the future may sound so, well, futuristic.
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