Comment by old-gregg

I suspect that people of the future will look back and be amazed that for more than a century we've been legally allowing our slow-reacting bodies [1] to ride around at 80mph in a 2-ton hideous mechanical equivalent of a horse, killing ourselves [2] and simultaneously destroying our cities [3].

I myself used to be a "petrolhead" my 20s and it's quite amazing to observe this awakening when looking in the mirror. I suspect it was caused by the revolution in electric/self-driving tech and traveling more and comparing car-centric US cities to other places.

  [1] 250ms delay at best, for young and healthy adults.
  [2] #1 cause, ahead of all guns, including suicides.
  [3] https://progressivetransit.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/cars-kill-cities