What do we do?

[king1]

Ok this one might solve a couple of problems - reduce traffic on roads, reduce costs of road maintenance, reduce number and cost of accidents, emissions, exercise for the population etc

Essentially ban ownership of private motor vehicles in favour of a government mandated fleet of drivers (or self driving cars when perfected) in the same way we have professional drivers for Taxis, Uber(?) etc  Everyone else will simple hail a ride when they need to go anywhere...

These select few will have licenses which are much more difficult to acquire, requiring a  commitment to 3 months (say) of full time training involving practical and theory, study of safety, accidents etc  Essentially they will be professional drivers earning a living from the job.  Vehicles will be registered to the registered drivers...

Anyone who wants the freedom of driving themselves will need to commit to the above training.  Essentially driving must become a profession that is much harder to get into...  

Downsides...
Kills the car industry
Police will have nothing to do...
Everyone will be late everywhere
Public transport will need to keep up
Won't be popular
probably plenty more...

EDIT: there might be a minor issue with personal freedoms being trampled over I guess