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Show B2 Wednesday, July Blind advocates concerned By Ken Thomas Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Advocates Ad-vocates for the blind want the government to set minimum sound standards for new cars and trucks, pointing to potential safety hazards for blind pedestrians pedes-trians who can't hear silent gas-electric hybrid vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Traf-fic Safety Administration held a daylong hearing last Monday to discuss the issue, which has been raised by organizations that represent about 1.1 million legally blind Americans. "For us, these cars are invisible," invis-ible," said Deborah Kent Stein of the National Federation of the Blind. Stein and representatives of other organizations for the blind said hybrid vehicles are difficult . for blind pedestrians to detect, since they use traffic sounds to determine when it's safe to cross the street. They asked the Division of Securities and K.C. 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Duringthe meeting, researchers research-ers played audio tapes comparing compar-ing the sounds of hybrids with vehicles that have conventional engines. In one experiment, blindfolded listeners couldn't hear a 2006 Toyota Prius until it was about 11 feet away, compared com-pared with a 2004 Honda Accord, reputable U.S. investment companies com-panies to hijack," said Francine A. Giani, "Consumers should contact the company in question at their physical address to make sure you have the real deal." "What is most important to me is that investors abroad or domestic do-mestic are not swindled by these criminals hiding behind our good name, "said Louis Ward, " K.C. Ward Financial is committed to excellence and with your help we . Inmate work release agreement renewed Monday's Uintah County commission approved the renewal re-newal of acooperative agreement between the sheriff and the county. The agreement permits inmates in the county jail to be signed out for supervised service work. 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These silent vehicles are expected to become more widespread wide-spread as the industry increases production of hybrids in response to $4-plus a gallon gasoline prices. Toyota, which leads the industry indus-try in gas-electric hybrids with its popular Prius, has said it will boost hybrid sales to 1 million a year sometime after 2010. Many automakers are developing advanced vehicles running on electricity and hydrogen, which also emit less sound. can bring these perpetrators to justice." Investors are urged to contact con-tact the Division of Securities to make sure anyone offering investments is licensed, by calling call-ing (801) 530.6600, toll free at 1.800.721.7233 or logging on to www.securities.utah.gov. Information Infor-mation can also be obtained at FINRA's website www.finra.org and using the FINRA Broker-Check Broker-Check function. and the others from the county," explained Uintah County Sheriff Jeff Merrell. 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