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Updated Saturday, July 4, 2009 12:03 am TWN, AFP

Japan may add noise to quiet hybrid cars for safety

TOKYO -- Japan's near-silent hybrid cars have been called dangerous by the vision-impaired and some users, prompting a government review on whether to add a noise-making device, an official said Friday. The petrol-electric vehicles, which in recent months have become the country's top-selling autos, hum along almost soundlessly when they are switched from fuel to battery mode.

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