Even tho I think a significant minority of motorists rude, insane.. I never expected the elimination of cars. All, I expect is decent infrastructure for bikes.. With the loss of up to 3 million jobs, they won't be biking ; they'll be walking- if not rioting.. You think those jobs can be re-created all that quickly without the economy sinking deeper into a huge morass. You are dreaming. ...
Besides... The auto market has plunged everywhere. This is a world wide sales slump.. Toyota included in that scenario.. EU governments are considering auto loans to their auto makers. Canada even floated the idea...
If Wall Street's failures and the credit crisis had not stopped credit, who is to say the auto industry would be in such dire straits.. Auto analysists say if auto sales would go back up to the normal 13 million, even now the auto companies would be solvent.