Sure they do. Not always though. Getting a bus to a hospital is impossible from my current place. And it's not just about driving yourself, you need to drive things (e.g. food) as well. Yes, I drove my car the 600 meters it is to the store - I simply wasn't able to walk it, and the idea of carrying things on the way back was truly sickening. It's 800 to the bus stop, I simply wouldn't make it. Food poisoning is a bitch (thankfully that was only one of the three occasions, the other ones were much lighter).

> And your comfort comes at the cost of massive amounts of space, clean air and thousands of deaths each year.

If you read my comment properly, you'd know that I'm against that as well as you are. I'm not in favor of the current system. I'm just more in favor of individual transportation, but that doesn't imply the current system.

Since the system could be connected to street cameras, has faster reaction times, doesn't drive through red lights and so on, no, it definitely would not be as lethal. The number of vehicles required would be much smaller, so the assumption is absolutely baseless - the common solution to safer cycling is less cars, and that's exactly what would happen. Additionally, most parking spaces wouldn't be needed as the cars could park at a centralized garages (desirable because charging) and the new space could be used to create bike-only roads. Buses everywhere would be more lethal since a bus is a large and heavy vehicle and there'd be too many of them. I'm sure you don't feel good riding a bycicle up to a hill next to a bus - for a reason; at least I don't.

There should be a national registry of everyone who wants to ban cars, that every driver can check before anyone wants a ride, or anything delivered to their front door