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> A hundred years ago, if you were a pedestrian, crossing the street was simple: You walked across it. What about horses and carriages?
by jowea 3y ago
> A hundred years ago, if you were a pedestrian, crossing the street was simple: You walked across it.
What about horses and carriages?
- paulryanrogers 3y agoYou looked both ways, and probably heard them coming even if not. You didn't get a ticket for not walking to the block corner.
- tzs 3y agoDeath rates from horse accidents were comparable to death rates from auto accidents nowadays [1] [2]. [1] https://www.bmj.com/rapid-response/2011/10/31/cars-and-horses https://www.bmj.com/rapid-response/2011/10/31/cars-and-horse... [2] https://legallysociable.com/2012/09/07/figures-more-deaths-per-capita-in-horse-accidents-in-nyc-in-1900-than-in-auto-accidents-today/ https://legallysociable.com/2012/09/07/figures-more-deaths-p...