Hop in a time machine. The History of Road Safety by Gerald Cummins [1] I couldn't find what I was looking for though, IIRC it was very much a rule of tonnage

Hop in a time machine. The History of Road Safety by Gerald Cummins [1] I couldn't find what I was looking for though, IIRC it was very much a rule of tonnage and pedestrians would originally be expected not to imped the progress of another person in a public throughway (i.e. move or be hit). [1]: https://archive.ph/ECDkB https://archive.ph/ECDkB