“The median state-designated speed limit in cities in 1906 was 10 miles per hour, and local authorities usually could (and often did) set still lower limits.44 States were slow to raise limits; Indiana's limit in cities, 8 miles per hour in 1906, had been raised only to 10 miles per hour by 1919.45 Police usually enjoyed the support of city newspapers for their low speed limits.”
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Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City
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Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City
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