Here, for your reading pleasure, are some links to articles and lists of the over-regulation of cars back in the day. Reading some of the justifications for regulation it strikes me that the "sky is falling" rhetoric never changes, just the villain d'jour.
Moderators: please feel free to move this to Off Topic if you feel the need but I believe that General is proper placement because of the similarities between the approaches taken by government to address "new" technologies.
Registration:
voluntaryist.com - A Short History of Highway and Vehicle Regulations
Speed limits:
Connecticut enacts first speed-limit law - May 21, 1901 - HISTORY.com
Regulations in Chicago:
Before the car was king
Laws gone wild:
https://usinsuranceagents.com/weird-driving-laws
stupid laws and regulations
Moderators: please feel free to move this to Off Topic if you feel the need but I believe that General is proper placement because of the similarities between the approaches taken by government to address "new" technologies.
Registration:
voluntaryist.com - A Short History of Highway and Vehicle Regulations
Speed limits:
Connecticut enacts first speed-limit law - May 21, 1901 - HISTORY.com
Regulations in Chicago:
Before the car was king
Laws gone wild:
https://usinsuranceagents.com/weird-driving-laws
stupid laws and regulations
