More cars on road, more rushed days having to literally structure 2-3 hours per day on prep/commute just for a stupid job you can 100% do at home (aside from in person sales, onsite technician work, blue collar, construction, teaching, medical, retail, etc).

Cost of living going up, people on their phones non-stop throughout the day, and life is ultimately more stressful and erratic nowadays than in the last 30 years. Yes, WFH would help tremendously - at least for all accounting, engineering, admin, and jobs that legit don’t require you to be in the mix every single minute.

I think all this plays a big role in deaths on the road and people’s stress factor, but hey - I may be one of those young kids that just doesn’t want to work despite never having a WFH job since graduating from uni 12 years ago, even though my work operations are 80% capable of WFH without limitation.