APPROACH INFORMING DEVICE FOR LOW DRIVING SOUND VEHICLES, AND VEHICLE MOUNTED WITH THE DEVICE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an approach informing device for informing walkers of an approaching state of low driving sound vehicles and further provide a vehicle mounted with the device. SOLUTION: This approach informing device 10 for low driving sound vehicles comprises a sound system 11 for outputting informing sound and a vehicle approaching informing and instructing switch 12 to instruct to turn on or turn off an operation of the sound system, wherein this approach informing device can inform the approaching in a manner not giving uncomfortable feeling as much as possible to a person such as a walking person who does not notice the approaching of low driving sound. When this approach informing device detects a high-speed driving state, this device terminates an outputting of informing sound and in turn when this approach informing device detects that the vehicle is driven only with an electric motor, this device starts to output the informing sound. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT