Context:
When cars were first put on the road, most roads were a mix of trollies, carages, and people. Drivers tended to accidentally run over people a lot, since there was no difference between walking spaces and driving spaces. In response, some cities were considering limiting the vehicle to prevent more people from dying. To save themselves, the Automobile industry started a campaign to make the streets cars only, and even invented and new word: Jaywalker (this was actually really offensive at the time, since "Jay" ment something along the lines of "Dirty Hillbilly"). The rest is history, where cars rule the streets and we're stuck to the sidewalks.
Timeline:
In this alternate timeline, the Cars-Only campaign fails, leading to several cities creating legislation from limiting the speed of Automobiles to 5mph in city limits to banning the vehicle between certain hours. Then Congress passed the Street Saftey Act of 1926. This legislation banned civilian vehicles between the hours of 6am and 9pm on urban streets, limited the speed of automobiles to 5mph, and made driver's training mandatory for the purchase of an Automobile. However, Police and Fire Automobiles would be allowed 10mph and be allowed to run at all hours of the day. Simular laws were picked up by other nations, such as Britain, France, and Germany.
Some technologies, such as tanks and transports, would still be around due to their use in WW1--civilian vehicles and police cars are the main ones affected in this timeline. (Aka, WW2 is the same).
In this timeline, trains and trollies would still be the best options for mass public transportation and overland cargo (The Trains would be better in this timeline). Police Cars would be mostly used as Squad Cars, transporting police to situations requiring lots of officers (such as riots). Fire trucks would definitely be around like normal. The civilian car would die out in the cities, while the countryside would likely look pretty similar to today, with trucks and tractors being used on farms and between them. The Automobile industry would look very different, mainly making vehicles for Police, Firemen, and Farmers. Urban areas would be more compact, since you would have to eather walk, bike, or ride the Trolley to work each morning. A consequence of this is that the suburbs don't exist.
In Short: The Automobile would be less developed than in our timeline, while the Train and Trolley would be more developed. Cities would be more compact and the Automobile industry would be much smaller.
When cars were first put on the road, most roads were a mix of trollies, carages, and people. Drivers tended to accidentally run over people a lot, since there was no difference between walking spaces and driving spaces. In response, some cities were considering limiting the vehicle to prevent more people from dying. To save themselves, the Automobile industry started a campaign to make the streets cars only, and even invented and new word: Jaywalker (this was actually really offensive at the time, since "Jay" ment something along the lines of "Dirty Hillbilly"). The rest is history, where cars rule the streets and we're stuck to the sidewalks.
Timeline:
In this alternate timeline, the Cars-Only campaign fails, leading to several cities creating legislation from limiting the speed of Automobiles to 5mph in city limits to banning the vehicle between certain hours. Then Congress passed the Street Saftey Act of 1926. This legislation banned civilian vehicles between the hours of 6am and 9pm on urban streets, limited the speed of automobiles to 5mph, and made driver's training mandatory for the purchase of an Automobile. However, Police and Fire Automobiles would be allowed 10mph and be allowed to run at all hours of the day. Simular laws were picked up by other nations, such as Britain, France, and Germany.
Some technologies, such as tanks and transports, would still be around due to their use in WW1--civilian vehicles and police cars are the main ones affected in this timeline. (Aka, WW2 is the same).
In this timeline, trains and trollies would still be the best options for mass public transportation and overland cargo (The Trains would be better in this timeline). Police Cars would be mostly used as Squad Cars, transporting police to situations requiring lots of officers (such as riots). Fire trucks would definitely be around like normal. The civilian car would die out in the cities, while the countryside would likely look pretty similar to today, with trucks and tractors being used on farms and between them. The Automobile industry would look very different, mainly making vehicles for Police, Firemen, and Farmers. Urban areas would be more compact, since you would have to eather walk, bike, or ride the Trolley to work each morning. A consequence of this is that the suburbs don't exist.
In Short: The Automobile would be less developed than in our timeline, while the Train and Trolley would be more developed. Cities would be more compact and the Automobile industry would be much smaller.
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