Yeah I tend to agree I guess, I am VERY aware of other drivers around me, you have to be these days as even a short trip to the shops can be eventful   
  
I suppose the other extreme is mothers taking a huge 4x4 on the 2 mile school run   
  
My 70's memories are confined to being in a cot   , primary school in 74 and 'big' school in 1980... 
  
I probably had some of the cars in the pics as toys though