I say this a lot but I genuinely think personal vehicles are too much responsibility for people en masse. I know that’s not a convincing proposition to the unconverted but I think it’s true.
Even me, I phone shit in waaaaaay more than I think is acceptable lol and I think most people, if they were honest, would say the same. I don’t believe a single American is locked in driving like they’d act like if you started questioning them about this stuff
I don’t think anyone would design society in this way intentionally if given the choice lol. It’s wildly inefficient and dangerous, we’re just used to it and it made a lot of automobile lobbyists rich along the way