> City living means we don't know what the other person on the road is thinking.
Usually something like "I hope I'm not late for my job" or "The weather is shit today". Other people aren't that scary.
To be fair, combine "I hope I'm not late for my job" with a 2.5 ton wheeled death machine, and it's pretty scary even without bad intent.
"I how I'm not late" is a bad mix when operating heavy machinery like a car around places where children are supposed to be able to walk safely.
A lot of people do think that other people are scary.
The UK has got to the point where a lot of people think parents cannot be trusted with their kids (in an IRL discussion multiple people supported the Online Safety Act on the grounds most parents will let their kids watch porn) let along strangers.