Quiet at low speeds, electric vehicles are involved in twice as many collisions with pedestrians as gas-engine-powered models , according to a new study.
This is not due to bad driving as such, let’s be clear. The problem is that the vehicles are too quiet at low speeds. “Electric cars are a hazard to pedestrians because they are less likely to be heard than petrol or diesel cars,” explains Phil Edwards, lead author of the study and professor of epidemiology and statistics at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
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