The subtitle is<p>'A staggering number of deaths, injuries and illnesses over many decades can be attributed to cars and auto infrastructure, researchers say.'<p>It is politically correct to talk about the harms of cars but not to mention their benefits, as this article does. Cars have brought historically unprecedented comfort and autonomy to billions of people. I fear that policymakers want to drastically reduce the number of cars on the road, without openly admitting that that is the goal, because it would be unpopular.