Let's make the cars much bigger then, so big that you can stand upright and walk through it! When they're so big that it makes no sense for Joe Schmoe to drive it, let's hire drivers for them. Since it makes no sense for every household to hire their own drivers, let's pool all the houses in the neighbourhood to use the same Big Unit Suv. Since nobody needs to be in the same places at the same times, let's run this Big Unit Suv on a schedule, where it'll be at specific places in specific time frames. To speed it up a little, let's redesign the doors to optimise for being able to get in and out quickly.
Nono, bigger cars are used to transport more important things, they should be subsidised.
The hit to society would be too great if we allowed all those fragile egos to shatter without their precious protective shells, consisting of multiple tons of gas-guzzling steel.
If anyone doesn’t know Adam Something, his YouTube channel is fantastic. He frequently takes billionaire transportation dreams, breaks down why they’re stupid and impossible, then suggests some alterations to make it more practical. And the alterations inevitably turn it into a train.
Nothing screams safe like a solid unibody chassis with no crumple zones, a high center of gravity, terrible visibility and an ride height that forces pedestrians under the wheels in an impact. safe
Also jokes on you, the levitation technology used is described as cracking apart the ground as it moves, and would likely do far worse to a human body than regular ass wheels would.