This is why I think that "when I was a kid I roamed the woods for decades at a time" comments are largely irrelevant in these discussions if we're talking about an urban environment that has changed. "When I was a kid", my street was pretty much empty of cars and we'd skateboard and ride and kick balls around. If a car entered that same street now, the visibility has completely changed, given it has cars parked both sides all up and down.

Bigger cars, more traffic, poorer visibility, everyone rushing.