You can call this an extension of a thought I had put forward in another thread. I have been watching the recall news, how the electronic systems in various models are malfunctioning and endangering the lives of the car occupants. I have also been going through some youtube videos of Reva, the electric car produced in India. Electric cars and their utility or necessity is another question altogether, but I am wondering how many of the so called safety features do we really require. Please note I am specifically targetting city driving, not inter-city or highway/motorway driving. Typically a range of about 30 - 40 km, at average speeds of around 20kmph, stopping at traffic lights and rush hour traffic scenarios.

Does this kind of a scenario NEED any safety features? Can we have a world where within the city, you can only use the small Reva/Nano like cars which operate on electricity/battery, and use the fuel-burners only for inter-city/inter-state?

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