Like seriously, cars are such an irrational system it is no wonder it never really works in practice. Every city that goes the car-centric route ends up as a inhabitable shithole where people cannot drive anyway and have to spend hours stuck in traffic or looking for parking.
I guess an argument could made for a responsible motorcycles, at least people could be carefull if they find themselves in similar danger to a pedestrian.
Yeah, my parents are the same way. It’s an auto industry induced arms race to the largest car possible. I think a cultural shift is definitely necessary, and I think it’d be easier if the alternatives were already good. Unfortunately, it’s a chicken and egg problem of the alternatives don’t get funded because the culture doesn’t respect them, and the culture doesn’t respect them because the alternatives aren’t great