If you say 'Good Morning' in America and it's five past twelve you end up with a lawsuit.
You can't compare eras. But drivers of each era adapt to the needs and climate of their time. There are good and bad points to every era of the sport. I'm not really nostalgic about the past.
I have a lot of faith in justice systems around the world even though there were cases in the past where that faith wasn't justified in some countries.