I’m so grateful to know what
I’m so grateful to know what the sound is for! Thank you Harutiun. We just bought a 2019 RAV4 Hybrid. I’d owned a 2012 Highlander Hybrid in the past so I was like what is that! I too thought there was an issue as the sales associate never mentioned it. As a safety feature I see the point. With my old Highlander I was always extra vigilant backing up because I knew people couldn’t hear the car.
I don’t mind it now I know what it is, but the newer models also have the distance sensors. We live on a busy street and a pedestrian thoroughfare so the car also beeps when we back out and a ped is also coming.
Do you need both? I say “Maybe”. I see the beeping as something to warn me but the backup choir as something to warn Peds. As video host stated, people stop in their tracks and pay attention… that’s what we want!! I can live with the noise knowing it helps keep kids and adults safe!