…claims solitary car driving makes people both more conservative and more antisocial: “The extreme libertarianism now beginning to take hold here begins on the road. When you drive, society becomes an obstacle. Pedestrians, bicycles, traffic calming, speed limits, the law: all become a nuisance to be wished away. The more you drive, the more bloody-minded and individualistic you become. The car is slowly turning us, like the Americans and the Australians, into a nation which recognises only the freedom to act, and not the freedom from the consequences of other people’s actions. We drive on the left in Britain, but we are being driven to the right.”

Well, that certainly helps explain the continued strength of hate-talk radio in this country (commercial radio in the US is primarily aimed at drivers), and also the local hate-talk stations’ obsession with gutting public transit and enforcing a car-only transportation system.