Getting brighter Headlight regulation didn’t emerge from a single incident so much as from a steady mismatch between early motor vehicles and roads still designed for horses and pedestrians.
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Matthew MacConnell,
ArsTechnica,
3 Aug. 2026
For years, however, the righthand lane was a lane shared by both motor vehicles and bicycles.
Other parents were arriving with coolers, pulling wagons that contained lawn chairs and food for the game.
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Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
13 July 2026
In 1785, the Pennsylvania General Assembly commissioned an improved road over Forbes, which was built for military speed, to accommodate wagons and horse travel.
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