I live in a small street, and at the crossing to the next big street, it's very hard to see the traffic from one of the sides.

The only thing I can really do is creep forward until I get a glimpse into the traffic, and if it's clear, accelerate the hell out of it.

So, at least for the first, let's say 30 to 50km/h, I'm very glad of the high torque and acceleration of my hybrid card.

I'd be fine with a hard speed limit though. I'd be fine with limiting the Autobahn to 130km/h.

Cars these days can accelerate to 100 in < 2 seconds. Imho acceleration should also be limited. There’s absolutely no reason for that in cities.

some exotic cars do, but I was thinking of cars popular with young men who cause senseless accidents by treating cities roads as race tracks. A BMW 3-series is popular with them and is about 5 seconds 0-100.

Tbh, I was thinking of SUVs and middle-aged men as they have access to high performing tanks — my father being one of them.

I had an old bmw 320d; it did about 9s; and I think that was too much.

You are almost right with your thinking expect those SUV owners are often also dad and thus the sons have access to far too powerful cars.