[sopdx]

I had to post this. It's from cafe unknown and there are several videos of Portland traffic taken in the 30's. It is before a unified street signaling system and they are amazing. The drivers were freaking crazy!!!!

http://cafeunkown.blogspot.com/

[pdxman]

Haha man, I thought todays drivers were crazy! It looked like some of those cars were going to plow straight through those people. Crazy fast streetcars too.

[sopdx]

The video of NE Broadway and Interstate is terrifying. I can only imagine the fatalities.

[zilfondel]

:previous: No kidding!

In the fifteen years since 1925, more than 900 persons have died as the result of traffic accidents in Portland. The city experienced one traffic death every five and one-half days in the 1930’s.
-Portland Traffic Safety Commission August 1940.