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0 pointswpm1mo ago0 comments

Uhhh, what? No it isn't.

Having a sharp knife is safer than a dull one.

Having a massive heavy steel box that weighs thousands of kilos that can accelerate that quick, that you can operate in public with little to no useful training is not safer. I'm sorry, no car outside of a race track needs to accelerate that quick. It's absurd.

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1970-01-011mo ago

The analogy fits perfectly. A slow car is also unsafe, that's why low speed plates exist along with minimum speed limits. There's no such thing as a vehicle with too much acceleration and never will be.

wpmOP1mo ago

Yeah what qualifies as a "slow car"? An Amish dude on a horse and buggy?

I have driven plenty of "slow" cars with less than 100 horsepower without issue. If you can't figure out how to merge that's a skill issue, another prime reason not to be giving people cars with former F1 car levels of acceleration. You don't need 0-60 in 3 seconds to fucking merge, get real!

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