When cities and society can take care of the needs of our oldest, youngest, and people that face the most uphill battles in life, it will indirectly take great care of all of us in between as well.

We have to make all decisions going forward that puts everything else first and car culture last.

Our most vulnerable members of society are the victims of our poor decisions to prioritize car culture, exclaiming that because robust public transit or high quality, efficient sidewalks are of no use to us in particular that our tax dollars shouldn't fund it. This is narcissistically selfish.

Me in Bristol tonight: "what's with all the f*cking cobbles!"

Yes. And we also need frequent re-tests and much better active travel and public transport provision.

Driving tests need a 3 strikes and you're out rule.
Some people are clearly unsuited to driving.
Also we should introduce practical cycling experience and bikeability tests as prerequisites to sitting even a theory test.
Learn the highway code at a human speed.