perceived safety

they're pushing LED headlights that are clearly dangerously blinding. like has nobody ever heard of a hill before jfc

I really think there should be a middle zone between the quadricycle regulation (like the Citroen Ami, Renault Twizy, etc) and “normal” cars. Make a class for simple and cheap cars that are more capable than the quadricycles, but still have some conservative power and/or speed limits, size limits, and some safety standards.

I’m imagining a class of vehicles that are like a modern take on the post-war economy cars like the Fiat 500, Citroen 2cv, VW beetle, etc. Something similar to the Japanese kei cars, but probably even more restrictive on power.

I wonder if someone sat down and really looked at the legistation and the engineering, if we couldn't get away with cheaper solutions. Cars have something like a dozen purpose built computers now, can't we just replace all that bs with a standard piece of hardware? Lane tracking, eye tracking, it's like everything they do is bespoke.