Older, Wiser (Maybe), I'm Back
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27 April 2012
Invention of Jaywalking
One key turning point, according to Norton, came in 1923 in Cincinnati. Citizens’ anger over pedestrian deaths gave rise to a referendum drive. It gathered some 7,000 signatures in support of a rule that would have required all vehicles in the city to be fitted with speed governors limiting them to 25 miles per hour.
-Article in The Atlantic Cities
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heck, some towns, like Mitchell, S.D., actually banned automobiles back around the turn of the century.
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