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Indeed, it may soon be impossible to make money selling buggy whips, and we should not ignore that.
by Harkins 15y ago
Indeed, it may soon be impossible to make money selling buggy whips, and we should not ignore that.
- wormwood28 15y agoNo one broke any laws making horseless carriages, we should not ignore that.
- Natsu 15y agoTrue, but somewhat misleading, because lawmakers found other ways to effectively ban cars: "backlash against these large speedy vehicles resulted in the passage of the Locomotive Act (1865), which required self-propelled vehicles on public roads in the United Kingdom to be preceded by a man on foot waving a red flag and blowing a horn" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_automobile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_automobile