Five tiny cars – and why they’re a good idea

I was given a Lego set when I was about four. It was a red car and it came with a mechanic who could fix it with a spanner. One of the things that I remember noticing about it was that there was only one seat. Cars in the real world always had four or five seats. All Lego cars had one. Drivers just travelled around by themselves.

Out in the streets I see a whole lot of people driving round in cars by themselves – but their cars don’t have one seat. They have four or five. They’re driving veh...