Rats learned to drive

Just now scientists are finding out driving is fun, when we're just about ready to ban it!

Mind you, I don't think the rats would enjoy it as much if they had to share the road with the kind of rats I share it with, and if the penalty for crashing (or being crashed into) was as high.

Pfffft, nobody is banning driving. Self driving cars are not going to be rolled out that widely for a while. Also, moving away from car centric infrastructure doesn't mean that cars are getting banned. That's such a weird US centric take I see way too often.

Here in the Netherlands, we arguably have some of the most bike and pedestrian friendly infrastructure in the world. Guess what, we also have a very well respected car infrastructure with high quality highways and connections.

Focussing on other modes of transport isn't banning cars, it is making cars optional for those who choose to do so. Or worded differently, it gives people a choice.

With that out of the way, the title here on HN is misleading. It is not so much about driving but enrichment in general.

Driving is fun until you factor in traffic, reckless drivers, and the stakes of accidents

Still beats losing train connections, being pressed in a sardine can until everyone fits in, or stop in the middle of nowhere wondering when it will start moving again.

But you can combine best of both world experiences, being compressed in a bus, stuck in a middle of stop and go traffic.

Yeah sorry that was a joke, if not clear