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NHTSA is meeting to discuss the dangers that quiet-running hybrids and electric vehicles pose to the visually impaired. Bills have already been introduced in Congress and some state bodies to require minimum sound levels so blind pedestrians can hear oncoming vehicles. Hybrids, when running on electricity alone, are virtually silent. Six blind pedestrians were killed in 2007 but none by a hybrid. Automakers say they will cooperate in addressing the issue.

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