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A lot of people are not vocally pro driving. They get on the highway because that’s the only way to get to work. I forget the study, but I think it’s been shown even in America, when people are shown cheaper options they will take them. Those options have to exist first.
That's what I meant and I tried to make it clear in my comment. I'm talking about car-brains rather than people who are forced to drive because better infrastructure isn't there.
But in places like here in London, most places are accessible by public transport or cycling. Most cars that go by as I wait at the bus stop have just the driver in them.
Having said that, the biggest problem I have with public transport is unfortunately the public. I've been touched inappropriately by creepy men on the bus and tube. Drug addicts, drunks, people with mental health issues can also be scary to share a bus with. That's down to mental health and social services in this country being terrible. So I do get why women especially might be put off using the bus.
I'm put off cycling because of the amount of morons riding the wrong way in the cycle lane, or those awful illegal modded throttle bikes that are really unregistered mopeds. Or pedestrians just being dozy or even entitled and deliberately walking on the cycle lane. Ironically, I feel safer riding on the main roads than on cycle lanes.
UK stats:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-annual-report-2024/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-annual-report-2024
In reported road collisions in Great Britain in 2024, the final estimates are:
1,602 fatalities, a decline of 1% compared to 2023
29,467 killed or seriously injured (KSI) casualties, a decline of 1% compared to 2023
128,272 casualties of all severities, a decline of 4% compared to 2023
Over twenty nine thousand people either killed or seriously injured by drivers in one year, but we don't bat an eyelid. These deaths are acceptable so drivers can continue to drive.
I don't understand why it's normalised.