Mayhem on the road to modernity
Death and the motorcyclists, 1929. Wellcome Library no. 44254i. In America before World War I, Mr Toad‘s view of motoring was not uncommon: the driver was a wealthy sporting eccentric in the vanguard of modernity; he was free to drive on the public highway; and if people wanted to avoid being hit by a moving vehicle, they had better watch out.…