headlights strictly prohibited (if you can’t see, don’t drive)
Headlights are very helpful to pedestrians walking outside at night! Without them, how would you see that car coming at you?
And in your make believe city, you’d probably have very dim street lamps, right? So no street lights and no headlights! Let’s see you drive in the dark! (Yes, their will still be cars, trucks, buses, emergency vehicles in the streets – you said so yourself. There is no such a thing as a perfect world. Sorry!)
And “sometimes” honking can save a life.
These inventions may be annoying to you because people abuse them, but their real functions can be lifesavers!
Would you also want silent cars? Why not? Much less noise! Well, read this:
Ruling: Liberal Democrats said blind or partially-sighted pedestrians would be vulnerable
It follows lobbying from British MEPs and campaign groups including Guide Dogs for the Blind.
Electric cars and plug-in hybrid cars such as the all-electric BMWi3 or the Toyota Prius currently emit very little sound when running on electric power only.
Campaigners say this particularly dangerous for partially-sighted and blind pedestrians.
Earlier proposals from the European Commission called for the installation of an artificial sound system to be done on a voluntary basis only.
But Liberal Democrat MEPs successfully introduced an amendment making this a mandatory requirement for all electric and hybrid vehicles.
Following the vote manufacturers in the EU will have five years to comply with the new rules.
Excerpt from The Daily Mail