I&#x27;d say the opposite: i used public transit whenever i can and, having lived in many countries, bought a car in just one (Cyprus) because there is no usable public transit there. Cars are not something &#x27;desirable&#x27; for most people, they ride them because they have no other choice.<p>Also it&#x27;s easy to put a webcam inside an SDT to monitor what&#x27;s going on - it&#x27;s not a problem with a human-driven taxi that he could see you, so it shouldn&#x27;t be seen as a violation of privacy. If you do something nasty a machine vision system can detect it, lock the car down, and drive you to that aforementioned police station.