Society would do well to follow Chesterton’s charge. We are seeing many changes for supposedly good reasons, with no apparent thought to the knock-on affects.
People also choose to smoke, drink alcohol, take drugs, not exercise, lay out in the sun, engage in unprotected sex, all things which can lead to health problems. So your anti car analogy isn’t quite right ;)
The same argument could be raised about health insurance and welfare... sometimes we do things for the common good, where do we draw the line as a society?
Funny story(so anecdotal): I'm male, and 50. From the time I was a small boy, I kept my wallet in my back left pocket, and keys in my front left pocket. As an experiment (late 30s) I decided to move them to the right pockets. It took nearly a decade before this felt 'natural', and even now I sometimes put them in the wrong pocket if distracted. TLDR: habits are powerful, make sure to start only good ones.