"no one believes there's a problem with car addicts that the government needs to solve" If you drive almost any highway in Germany, you'll see a great number o

"no one believes there's a problem with car addicts that the government needs to solve" If you drive almost any highway in Germany, you'll see a great number of (goverment-funded) posters against speeding. If you commit enough driving offences, you may need to pass so-called "medical-psychological examination" (MPU - "Medizinisch-Psychologische Untersuchung") which is dubbed "idiocy test". This will cost you time, money and dignity. There are also campaigns agains short-distance driving etc. So I think what you say is not true, quite many people believe that there is a real and present problem with car addicts that the goverment needs to solve.