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To: KLP who wrote (358947)4/11/2010 5:22:02 PM
From: Nadine Carroll1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) of 793883
 
Very neat video of 1906 San Francisco.

First is the sheer anarchy of traffic. There are no lane stripes, no stoplights or stop signs, no crosswalks. Other than a tacit agreement that everyone keeps to the right side of the road, there don't seem to be any rules at all.

Why would you need rules when nobody goes faster than 10 mph? Do we have traffic rules on sidewalks?

Those who would curse the modern automobile as a source of pollution should perhaps consider how much pollution the gasoline engine got rid of--all of the "exhaust" those horses must have generated, and how much effort it took to clean it off the streets . . . and your shoes . . . and the carpet in the lobby or the front hallway where you tracked it in.

Cars don't bite, kick or bolt, either. Car traffic is a lot safer and cleaner than horse traffic.

What's the story with the two guys chasing the automobile starting at 4:52 or so? They grab on and sort of run with it, dodging along in and out of traffic until the car makes a left turn from the right lane; you see them let go about 5:31. Did they know the driver, or was it just a random prank by a couple of teenagers with nothing better to do?

It's the same kids who had just run back and forth in front of the trolley on a dare. They are larking kids trying to grab a ride on the car. In the days when cars drove at 10 mph and had lots of places to grab onto, it was a common game. I've seen lots of references to such games in old stories and magazines.

I am struck by how modern the city looks, despite the horses and different costumes.
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