One of the biggest problems with cars in the city is that they are ridiculously overengineered for that environment. It feels too slow because all that power a

One of the biggest problems with cars in the city is that they are ridiculously overengineered for that environment. It feels too slow because all that power and speed gives the illusion of control. If it were possible to electronically put cars into "city mode" (low power, acceleration and speed), say, based on GPS coordinates and municipal laws, they could share the public travel ways with more equanimity with other forms of transportation.