this is plenty dark and foreboding. nuclear powered hover carsthat can leak radiation? city sprawl destroying all the forests? roads marring every natural landmark? white people having access to everywhere in mere hours? pointlessly upsidedown freeways? obesity in everyone from taking cars to your desk and escalators to your fridge? robotic intelligence controlling all modes of transportation of peoples and goods? CARGO ROCKETS!?!?!?! Phillip K. Dick ain't got shit on ol' Walt.
Gee-wilikers, I sure am glad I live in the future; where I can put a punch card in my hover-car's television, and it's automatonic driving system will take me to the orient on one of the many underwater trans-pacific super-highways.
Common to all American conceptions of the future of driving is elimination of the bothersome chore of controlling your car. This goes a long way towards explaining how most American cars handle.