We know polluting cars are killing us. So why do we put up with it? | Abi Wilkinson

The evidence of the damage air pollution does is undisputed. We should come to see car journeys as a last resortIf petrol and diesel vehicles were invented today, what possible justification would there be for allowing unchecked ownership? Knowing all we do about the damage wrought by burning fossil fuels – both to our immediate health and to the long-term viability of our habitat – it would seem an act of obscene, destructive decadence. The idea of driving a monstrous, tank-like 4x4