• TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    We had in mind a maximum speed that was reasonable and fast as anybody should ride; namely, 25 miles per hour.

    Imagine people today, tooling around at 25 MPH, which is much faster than people can walk or run, but not dangerous. We wouldn’t have built so much sprawl. Far, far fewer traffic fatalities and injuries. Far less gas burned.

    Impatience and greed destroy us.

    • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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      11 days ago

      When the first cars started selling, they were really just toys for the rich. Several places required a flagman to signal they were coming, so a guy had to walk in front of it all the time when in a town or city.

      Also, going 40km/h in this (using a very generous definition of the word “in”) on 1900s roads sounds absolutely terrifying.