Personal motor vehicle usage in Illuminatia
The personal ownership and usage of motor vehicles is highly uncommon in Illuminatia and is in fact strictly forbidden in all urban areas, all heavily-traveled routes, and roadways that employ the Automated Terrestrial Traffic Instruction and Control System (ATTICS). Individuals who are not employed and trained in the transport industry are only permitted to drive motor vehicles for personal reasons in rural and sparsely populated regions that lack public transportation infrastructure. Professional piloting of motor vehicles is more widespread, but is also restricted in many urban areas and high-traffic routes, where automated driving must be employed.
Personal motor vehicle ownership is unheard-of in urban Illuminatia; in rural regions, vehicle ownership is generally limited to persons of significant means. Some people in rural Illuminatia may own and operate motor vehicles personally as part of a small-scale agricultural operation, but such vehicle operation is limited to locations where agricultural production is taking place. Automobile dealerships are an uncommon enterprise, as the market for buyers of motor vehicles is limited generally to corporations, institutions, and governmental agencies. Automobiles are sold at set disclosed prices; the cost of a motor vehicle does not vary depending upon the buyer's negotiation capabilities.
The operation of a motor vehicle for personal reasons by anybody who has not undergone rigorous training in the use of a motor vehicle is strictly prohibited. Licensure of such vehicle operators is managed by the Bureau of Transportation and Conveyance (BTC). The vast majority of BTC-licensed drivers are employed in the transport industry. Professional piloting of motor vehicles is widely utilized for individual and mass passenger transport as well as for commercial operation for shipping and other non-passenger transport. However, according to Office of Synchronized Transportation (OCS) regulations, professional vehicle pilots must yield to full control by the ATTICS in dense urban areas and on Illuminatia's expansive automated road network, where the ATTICS controls the motion and routes of all motor vehicles. In these tightly-restricted urban areas, professional drivers generally only take over manual control of a vehicle for minute distances on private property.
In populated regions, mass public transport and on-demand public transport are so ubiquitous as to render personal motor vehicle usage unnecessary. Public transit agencies and commercial transit providers are the predominant owner of passenger vehicles in Illuminatia's cities.