Timeline for In a world where Magic steam Engines exist what would keep people from making cars
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| Nov 20, 2019 at 15:13 | comment | added | pluckedkiwi | @Hosch250 early machines were extravagantly expensive toys, not banal working objects. They were for showing off the latest curiosity or experimenting in technological development, not effective transport. Even when they finally started being useful it was for power, not speed, in being able to haul extremely heavy objects which would otherwise need large teams of many horses to move at all. | |
| Nov 20, 2019 at 14:02 | comment | added | user39548 | That's hilarious. I can maintain a walking pace of 4mi/hour (granted, I've yet to find someone that can match my pace), so why bother with a car unless I'm showing off? I wouldn't be surprised if people back then were at least that fast or faster, considering they had to walk way more than I do. | |
| Nov 20, 2019 at 7:15 | comment | added | Mara | This is actually what happened in reality when cars started to become a thing. At its most ridiculous they passed a Locomotive Act that stated that each car should be preceded by a man waving a red flag and a speed limit of 4 miles per hour. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… | |
| Nov 20, 2019 at 0:32 | history | answered | Patricia Shanahan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |