article_snippet: Guide Dogs report found a 54 per cent increase in pedestrian injuries in accidents involving quiet cars between 2012 and 2013.
article_snippet: The charity – which says that guide dog owners and The charity – which says that guide dog owners and their animals are particularly at risk from vehicles that they cannot hear coming – animals are particularly at risk from vehicles that guide dog owners and their animals are particularly at risk from vehicles that they cannot hear coming – cannot hear coming – called for laws to make noise generating systems compulsory on all hybrids.
article_snippet: Guide Dogs manager James White said: ‘Quiet vehicles put pedestrians at risk outside schools, in residential areas and in our towns and cities. '
article_snippet: The visually impaired are among the worst affected by the switch to electric as Guide Dogs also struggle to identify the threat, with campaigners calling for noise generators to be made compulsory .
article_snippet: Guide Dogs said that car makers should Guide Dogsdo the right thing and fit sound generating systems to quiet vehicles before it becomes compulsory.
article_snippet: Legislation in Britain should also insist that noise-making equipment is not only fitted to a car but always switched on, Guide Dogs said.
highlights_snippet: Visually impaired are among the worst affected, Guide Dogs report finds .
  