I think that this needs splitting into two areas, effectively ICE and EV as I think the reasons behind both are very different.
I think that generally, high power ICE cars (500hp+) previously tended to be bought by two types of people - people who liked cars, liked driving and therefore drove fast, and those who wanted a fashion accessory who usually liked to show off their car at slower speeds. These two types drove differently and were generally in low enough numbers that these high power cars were rare to find and that owners had bought these for a specific reason. These things still see valid for modern ICE cars due to high cost of getting a high power car in the first place.
However, what I think were seeing now with EV's is that these high power EV cars are being seen as "normal" cars, and are therefore now being driven by a far larger number of "normal" people, those who would usually drive something like a 130hp 2L diesel company car on their commute to work every day and therefore don't really like driving that much and therefore don't really pay full attention on that commute, but their new company car is a 550hp EV or alternatively they have bought an EV for Eco reasons (again, probably not huge "car" fans). So now you've got a lot more people who aren't really "into" cars that much and yet are suddenly exposed to something only a small number of people previously had access too, and thats not a great idea for safety.
Of course I could be wrong, thats just my thoughts.
fortunately he was ok but upset about it.
.... however more serious....- its arguably easier to own an EV in a village.
