I’ve been reading a really interesting book on accidents [0]. One of the things mentioned off the bat was that when cars were first introduced to cities, there was a strong push for them to have speed governors because they killed so many people. The auto industry responded by aggressively pushing for jaywalking laws instead, which ended up winning out. I always wonder what American cities would look like were the auto industry less successful.

[0]: https://bookshop.org/books/there-are-no-accidents-the-deadly...