I always saw cars / roads as the great equaliser in the cities ... I lived in Sydney for a while where there were a couple of traffic snare points that were una

I always saw cars / roads as the great equaliser in the cities ... I lived in Sydney for a while where there were a couple of traffic snare points that were unavoidable, no matter your position in life. The Sydney Harbour bridge is one that comes to mind. There would be incidents all the time that would briefly close the bridge and you'd have execs in their batmobiles bumper to bumper with sparkies in their ford transits, nowhere to go and nothing to do. There was literally no way short of commandeering a helicopter that would get you over that bridge faster than the next bozo. Unless you wanted to slum it on public transport or a bike. Re. Australian outback, air taxi already kind of exists in light planes, helis and of course flying doctor.