Electric cars - silence is deadly?

Electric cars, especially the very small cars, are basically greenwash and a major strategic policy mistake, about on a par with Seventies promises that smaller cars would 'ease congestion'--more units were sold, and the exact opposite happened.

It's no surprise that deaf people are actually better drivers than hearing people, they spend more time looking than listening (according to a research in America).

Not only that, but they are probably quite generally more careful, partly owing to often being discriminated against and having to be on their guard.

Anyway, on a serious note; what's the problem here? There isn't one, the only problem is simply people relying on their ears to the point that they trust their life with it, which frankly is stupid, if you want to survived, use both your eyes and ears instead, like other said about crossing the road, look before you cross.

Same concept go to cycling, you shouldn't just rely on your ears, as sound can be misjudged, look over your shoulder instead of listening, look at the junction properly instead of listening for tell tale sounds of motorised vehicle, etc.

There's your mistake, you rely on your ears instead of your eyes, problem solved.

Very true. The problem is that hearing people have got used to the ugly noise that cars make and often navigate by this. In that respect, the proliferation of more silent cars could actually have a beneficial effect, as people got used to using their ears more. However, it is the case quite irrespective of the existence of cars that different people tend to use different senses more than others. Some will look more (even if not d/Deaf), some will listen more. Eye contact in traffic is much more important than listening.