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Once upon a time I never heard this silly idea that the idea that you shouldn't blunder out into the street is a conspiracy by automakers. Then it was an articl
by hugh4 11y ago
Once upon a time I never heard this silly idea that the idea that you shouldn't blunder out into the street is a conspiracy by automakers. Then it was an article on HN and now I hear it all the time.
Separating pedestrians from vehicles just makes sense.
Streets before 1900 still had sections for horses and sections for people. And you didn't need to tell people not to stroll down the horsey sections, they were covered in horseshit.
- mjmahone17 11y agoReally? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RF9wV-57dE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RF9wV-57dE Doesn't look like Market Street in SF did (admittedly, 1906, not before 1900. But pretty close).
- hugh4 11y agoI'm not sure what you're looking at, but there's clearly kerbs with pedestrians and trams/horses/cars in the middle. Skip to 1:46 and you can see it easily on the right hand side of the frame (too much darn traffic most of the time).