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Originally Posted by Andy6
Streets were still more like public squares then, with cars just making their way through whatever else was there in whatever way seemed best. For all of human history until about 15 years before that film was made, streets had existed for purposes that did not in any way involve motorized vehicles. That didn't change overnight. It was only a bit later that they became regulated into automobile-only throughways, with people, animals, carts etc. restricted to the sidewalks.
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"These horseless carriages are merely a fad blown about by the winds of human foolishness. I predict they will vanish in less than a year's time." - Archibald MacIvor; Harnessmaker - The Great West Saddlery Company