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Horses caused worse problems than manure. The NYC pedestrian death rate from horse accidents in 1900 was higher than the pedestrian death rate from car accident
by tzs 1y ago
Horses caused worse problems than manure. The NYC pedestrian death rate from horse accidents in 1900 was higher than the pedestrian death rate from car accidents in 2003. See this comment [1] for references.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42329211 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42329211
- atoav 1y agoYeah but back then streets were for people and horses. There were no clear markings separating the sections, there were no laws making it illegal for you to walk on the streets. If there were traffic laws, nobody knew them and people wouldn't know which way to go to avoid a head on collision. If you'd just replace cars with horses today it would go a lot different.
- Aloisius 1y agoUh. Sidewalks existed and pedestrians mostly stayed on them for their own safety. Jaywalking wasn't made illegal until the 1950s, well into the car era. And it wasn't just horses. It was horse-drawn carriages. There wasn't that much difference, traffic wise, between carriages and cars. There were traffic jams, out of control vehicles, drunk drivers, street racers, collisions, etc. all back in the 19th century.
- atoav 1y agoYeah? This is what I meant: https://image.geo.de/30155632/t/17/v5/w1440/r0/-/new-york-1900-moloch-epoche-panorama12-png--88841-.jpg https://image.geo.de/30155632/t/17/v5/w1440/r0/-/new-york-19...