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>> Vehicles sold now are too fast for their intended purpose. You can buy a Toyota Camry with 300 HP and a 0-60 time of 5.1 seconds.

Good acceleration makes driving safer, because taking over other cars takes less time (although 40-60 acceleration time matters more here).

Also, "sports" cars, designed for high speeds usually have better suspension, braking, tires, all of which make them safer again.

Cars are just tools, you cannot blame them for recklessness of some drivers.

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In general, I agree. The braking distances on newer cars are actually pretty incredible, even for some of the ones that enthusiasts decry has having insufficient brakes.

I do wish more emphasis were placed on teaching drivers the situations where hard acceleration is actively harmful, though. We are seeing some EV accidents already from people not realizing the differences between expected behavior and their behavior.