JaneJetson
07-22-2003, 12:35 PM
In the first chapter of [u]Seabiscuit</u>, the Laura Hillenbrand writes of the automobile in 1903:
"In some towns police were authorized to disable passing cars with ropes, chains, wires, and even bullets, so long as they took reasonable care to avoid gunning down the drivers. San Francisco didn't escape the legislative wave. Bitter local officials pushed through an ordinance banning automobiles from the Stanford campus and all tourist areas, effectively exiling them from the city."
The more things change...
What do you want to bet that the Segway ban ultimately proves to be as effective as the automobile ban? :)
"In some towns police were authorized to disable passing cars with ropes, chains, wires, and even bullets, so long as they took reasonable care to avoid gunning down the drivers. San Francisco didn't escape the legislative wave. Bitter local officials pushed through an ordinance banning automobiles from the Stanford campus and all tourist areas, effectively exiling them from the city."
The more things change...
What do you want to bet that the Segway ban ultimately proves to be as effective as the automobile ban? :)