Henry Ford once stated the intended use of the automobiles he was producing, best from memory: to let the city fellow take his family out on a picnic in the country on a Sunday, and the farmer come into town to shop once in a while. Clearly, if we were using the automobile that way, we would have no need for importing oil and we would have no traffic problems. Clear also is that Ford and other automotive pioneers would be horrified at our present traffic nightmares and driving habits. Looking at the nightmare scenes around the Washington D.C. area...