4 ms·
Less reason for them to accelerate like they do. 0-100 km/h in 5 seconds will kill people in a city if you do it by accident, which already happens.
by TomK32 2y ago
Less reason for them to accelerate like they do. 0-100 km/h in 5 seconds will kill people in a city if you do it by accident, which already happens.
- PartiallyTyped 2y agoCars these days can accelerate to 100 in < 2 seconds. Imho acceleration should also be limited. There’s absolutely no reason for that in cities.
- TomK32 2y agosome exotic cars do, but I was thinking of cars popular with young men who cause senseless accidents by treating cities roads as race tracks. A BMW 3-series is popular with them and is about 5 seconds 0-100.
- PartiallyTyped 2y agoTbh, I was thinking of SUVs and middle-aged men as they have access to high performing tanks — my father being one of them. I had an old bmw 320d; it did about 9s; and I think that was too much.
- TomK32 2y agoYou are almost right with your thinking expect those SUV owners are often also dad and thus the sons have access to far too powerful cars.
- perlgeek 2y agoI live in a small street, and at the crossing to the next big street, it's very hard to see the traffic from one of the sides. The only thing I can really do is creep forward until I get a glimpse into the traffic, and if it's clear, accelerate the hell out of it. So, at least for the first, let's say 30 to 50km/h, I'm very glad of the high torque and acceleration of my hybrid card. I'd be fine with a hard speed limit though. I'd be fine with limiting the Autobahn to 130km/h.