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[GrumpyManUK]

I must say, I quite like the sound emitted from the new Porsche Taycan in this video. 1 min 40 seconds in

 

[Baldrick]

Cycling in London I can tell you AVAS is very useful. EV's and Hybrids going at slow speeds are hard to hear at the best of times. AVAS helps a lot.
Have a blind friend who for him something like sound is his main safety mechanism when dealing with roads.

The alternative is we have to use the horn a lot to warn people, similar to how cyclists use their bells. I'd much rather have a subtle AVAS that having to use the horn as a potential warning in a built up area.
Potentially the noise pollution would be much worse.

 

[Fullerene]

Maybe not only the car as the solution, phone manufacturers could have a function to warn people they’re not paying attention and a car is near. Put a low power transmitter in the car and the phone could do a bit of maths to determine if the car & phone user are on course for collision and beep in the headphones or put a message on screen to say look up.

Great for cyclists too

 

[MrBadger]

That transmitter is already there - Bluetooth sniffing of phones and cars is already capable of sensing vehicle traffic. I suspect model 3 has a nice big signal to track.

A quick google finds a random example
https://tracsistraffic.com/technology/bluetooth-traffic-surveys/

 

[Markblox]

I understand the value of audible aids for those who have restricted vision, but for balance I'd like to see some legislation restricting the use of headphones and earbuds by pedestrians when they are not stationary...

And the same for drivers too.