You don't understand - its not triggered by the presence of pedestrians. Its a constant noise the car makes while moving at low speed. If there's many EVs in y

You don't understand - its not triggered by the presence of pedestrians. Its a constant noise the car makes while moving at low speed. If there's many EVs in your town you probably will have been hearing these sounds out and about. They're not as intrusive as it seems from that video. EU rules say that EVs have to make a noise when moving under 20kmh because they are so quiet (above that speed tyre noise comes into play so they are less quiet) https://ec.europa.eu/growth/news/electric-and-hybrid-cars-new-rules-noise-emitting-protect-vulnerable-road-users-2019-07-03_en https://ec.europa.eu/growth/news/electric-and-hybrid-cars-ne...