The advent of motorised mobility has thus brought about changes that forced its use on a great part of the population and had a considerable impact on the lives of almost everybody. Enthusiasts, however, stop short of advocating the generalisation of the use of the motorised vehicle because it has become clear that that would produce an environmental catastrophe. The driving forces Whether or not those services are really essential will not matter. Many of them will become essential, like the Sunday family outing in the car or the weekly drive to the local supermarket. Between the strongly desired and the absolutely necessary, exclusion comes when these new tools are the only perceived means of access.
Social pressure plays a key role.
Your friend, for example, urges you to get an e-mail account because it is easier to exchange messages with him because he's already using the Net. Not to mention the ever present billboards and other sirens that invite you to take the plunge. The commercial forces driving the expansion and generalisation of the Internet have a vested interest in making their services appear indispensable to as many people as possible. The same applies to administrations that measure the success of their services in terms of the number of people using them. In addition, the hoped for saving in costs on certain services can only come if everybody uses the system.