Young children are trained to stop, look and listen before they cross the street. In the electric car age, parents might want to put extra emphasis on the word “listen.” Pedestrians are twice as likely to be hit by an electric or hybrid car than by a vehicle that runs on petrol or diesel, according to a study released in late May by researchers in London. While crash statistics aren’t yet robust enough to reach scientific conclusions on the reasons, the researchers hypothesize that the relatively quiet operations of an electric vehicle is the key factor. Pedestrians in noisy urban areas were a…