>They're noisy. They're scary. Their operators tend to be pushy jerks more often than not. This reads like the kind of pushback against the horseless carriage.

>They're noisy. They're scary. Their operators tend to be pushy jerks more often than not. This reads like the kind of pushback against the horseless carriage. >Chicagoans called automobiles "buzz wagons" and "devil wagons." Reckless drivers were "scorchers," a word that originally described speeding bicyclists in the 1890s. "Auto Scorchers a Terror," the Tribune declared in 1902 — at a time when about 800 people in a city of 1.7 million had automobile licenses. >The mayor, an avid bicyclist, threatened to crack down on motorists. "There are a number of young fools, who have more money than brains, who are running these automobiles over the boulevards at express time speed and they are going to get into trouble," Harrison said. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-chicago-auto-show-early-cars-flashback-0208-jm-20150207-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-chicago-auto-show-ear...