Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site persci.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!tektronix!uw-beaver!tikal!cholula!persci!bill From: bill@persci.UUCP Newsgroups: net.bicycle,net.politics Subject: Re: who uses the road Message-ID: <199@persci.UUCP> Date: Sun, 23-Jun-85 21:17:25 EDT Article-I.D.: persci.199 Posted: Sun Jun 23 21:17:25 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Jun-85 09:59:26 EDT References: <972@peora.UUCP> <941@noscvax.UUCP> <903@mhuxt.UUCP> <799@gloria.UUCP> <139@psc70.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: Personal Scientific, Woodinville WA Lines: 14 Xref: tektronix net.bicycle:01416 net.politics:09823 In article <139@psc70.UUCP> tos@psc70.UUCP (Dr.Schlesinger) writes: > Unfortunately it was years ago that I saw the item, and I >therefore can't document it, but it was a citation of a law from one >of the midwestern states, providing that because motor vehicles are >such obviously dangerous conveyances, each time one of them drove >through town, it had to have someone walking out front to make sure it >didn't hit any living creatures. I came into this late, but Palo Alto CA had such an ordinance on its books until the mid 1970s. The person walking in front was supposed to carry a lantern as well. The ordinance was forgotten until a couple students found it and obeyed! (Yes, they got a ticket! I think they beat it, though..) -- Bill Swan {ihnp4,decvax,allegra,...}!uw-beaver!tikal!persci!bill