See also 99% invisible’s “the modern moloch” about how much of a disruption cars proved to be, but managed to lobby the public to accept them (while being very victim-blamey by today’s standards)

> On the streets of early 20th-century America, nothing moved faster than 10 miles per hour. Responsible parents would tell their children, “Go outside and play in the streets,” all day.

> And then the automobile happened. And then automobiles began killing thousands of children, every year.

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/episode-76-the-modern...