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Thats because in most places in the US driving is a necessity in order to function in society. So we need to make it stupid simple for people to maintain a drivers license, less we want them to end up homeless.

IMHO the only way for such a culture to emerge is if driving is not something that is required by a mass amount of people.

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This is a symptom of low wages and subsidized roads. People can't afford to live near where they work, so they commute. People that commute speed because they're short on time.

We're all still trying to live by the punch clock like it's 1950 and everyone needs to be at their factory station at a certain time, all together at once. It's collective insanity.

You also have to consider most people cant live near where they work because it is illegal to build affordable housing near where they work.

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