If you will always live in an area where you can always 100% rely on public transportation for all of your needs the rest of your life. Then you’re fine.

I would say if that’s not the case, then get back in the driver’s seat soon, but in a controlled environment. If you are in the USA I would highly suggest an autocross (driving around a parking lot with cones) as that controlled environment. SCCA is full of helpful and friendly enjoyers of cars, and will gladly help you get more comfortable controlling the 2 ton deathtrap in a safer and more reliable way.

Weird, as narrower widths would logically make the squish less.

Maybe play with the first layer line width.

My dude, you just summed up the movie Idiocracy

Only in intelligent measuring systems.

But of course we’re talking about America here, so intelligence is out of the question.