Re:Driverless Cars Get Green Light in California
by sillysaurus on Tuesday September 25, 2012 @09:26PM
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In the United States, the state of Vermont passed a similar flurry of Red Flag Laws in 1894. The most infamous of the Red Flag Laws was enacted in Pennsylvania circa 1896, when Quaker legislators unanimously passed a bill through both houses of the state legislature, which would require all motorists piloting their "horseless carriages", upon chance encounters with cattle or livestock to (1) immediately stop the vehicle, (2) "immediately and as rapidly as possible... disassemble the automobile," and (3) "conceal the various components out of sight, behind nearby bushes" until equestrian or livestock is sufficiently pacified.
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Re:Driverless Cars Get Green Light in California
by ricardobeat on Tuesday September 25, 2012 @09:49PM
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Is that real? O_o
Re:Driverless Cars Get Green Light in California
by zachalexander on Tuesday September 25, 2012 @10:20PM
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I strongly suspect the "Quaker legislators" part is untrue, because I'm pretty sure Quaker dominance of Pennsylvania government had ended long before 1896. (I couldn't find a reference on this point though, so I might be wrong.)
I don't know if the rest of the quote is accurate.