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I read an article in the local newspaper talking about an older man and his wife
who were almost hit by a car while they were walking home. I asked myself ,,, Wwhy
they (notice) the car approaching, and I realized the reason was that they had not
heard the car. The article said it was a hybrid car*.
Hybrid cars use electric power to start up and to move at low speeds. Did you
know that hybrid cars help protect the environment because they use less gasoline and
emit' less CO,? Furthermore, they are very quiet when they are using electric power.
This is a benefit for society in general because it reduces traffic noise. (o However, this
can make hybrid cars dangerous for pedestrians". Because hybrid cars are sometimes
too quiet for pedestrians to hear, they may not become aware of a car's presence
(3) until it (
) too late. A report says that at speeds of less than 50 km/h, pedestrians
