Remember how rapidly the general opinion on smoking changed? It wasn't that long ago that smoking was cool. I think we are seeing the beginning of a similar shi

Remember how rapidly the general opinion on smoking changed? It wasn't that long ago that smoking was cool. I think we are seeing the beginning of a similar shift for personal automobiles in urban areas. It wasn't the taxes that drove away smoking, it was the frowns and glares. The shift will take longer. So much of our society is structured around vehicles. Government identification is mostly through driver's licenses. Whole chunks of the judicial and police systems are dedicated to traffic violations.