selling the myth of driving

The last 70 years has seen the steady rise of the car from a luxury for the well off to something everyone feels entitled too, to the point where it's one car per family member,

not per family.

It's clearly not sustainable for it to stay that way,

but something so ingrained in the culture won't get reversed overnight, particularly when it's such a big part of the economy.

Just look at all the ads selling the myth of driving your amazing new car around a bizarre, imaginary empty city.

All the people on here who have said:

"I can't cope without my car"

sort of have a point,

currently, because the world has changed

to revolve around the car.

Supermarkets have replaced local shops,

everything gets more centralised.

It's going to take much more of a change

than just arbitrarily banning them from particular areas

to reverse their dominance.

The world is generally more relaxed and happy

with fewer cars, though.

When was the last time you went on a long, relaxing holiday somewhere with loads of traffic clogging the place up, for instance?