Stop with the panic. Buses and garbage trucks are fine in your book, I presume? So how is this worse?
It has actually really surprised me ancedotally how many times I see a sports car (mustang, challenger, porsche, etc.) or other type of vehicle with a high acceleration (motorcycle) accelerate in a REALLY short distance. I am talking less than 100 ft/30 m, and possibly as little as 50 ft/15 m. Even more so, it happens on a busy street with a lot of pedestrians or where a lot of folks would bike. On a few occasions the vehicle almost hit another car that was trying to take a turn.
In Berlin there's a low-key idea to ban all cars from city center though: https://www.berlin.de/tourismus/infos/verkehr/nachrichten/63...
(Too bad Madrid rolled their progress back...)
I don't understand? You were asking how a fast accelerating car is worse than a bus/garbage truck, so I answered your question.
It sounds like Berlin is doing the right thing. You can get a sports car if you want, but if you kill someone you should be treated as if you murdered someone.
Cars on the other hand... The Mercedes GLE mid-range SUV starts at 245hp, and has options all the way up to 612hp. Why on earth do you need so much power in a family car?
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I actually feel that the insane acc that Tesla makes normal for non-sport cars might be a safety hazard. There will probably be many "hits the acc pedal instead of brakes" accidents when they get more common.
Less vehicles means less chances for that to happen.
That said, I really hope for self-driving so we can all have whatever and it’s fine, and until then grade-separated cycle lanes are also good — but the danger is there, and I wouldn’t oppose car limits if there was a vote.
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