Try driving near a college campus, people just walk out into the street without looking.
3:14 into it is a car which appears to have right hand drive.
Anyone know what make it might be?
I'll just bet the feminists ired at the sight of no women out "in the world" ( I counted 4 .. maybe 5) ... they were all home bakin' cookies and havin' babies.
Caught another one at 3:34. Car on the right coming toward the camera definately has right hand drive. Was this common in 1909? Are these imports or were some made in the USA?
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With no apparent traffic lights or stop signs; pedestrians, vehicles of all types, public transportation and even horse and buggies crossing any which way, willy nilly, certainly reminds of Saigon in the 60's.
Anyone who had the "pleasure" (good and bad) of knowing that Pearl of the Orient back then would appreciate of what I relate.
EXTREMELY overcrowded, narrow streets for the most part, NO traffic lights or stop signs, with every imaginable mode of transport fighting for the right of way, it made driving in Chicago, Tijuana, NYC, or even LA, seem like a walk in the park.
I spent 18 months there (66-67) and drove every day; mostly a jeep, but at times a big ford station wagon, a small Honda Motorcycle and my own private transport, a moped.
That I managed to avoid any major accidents (one minor one with a horse drawn cart) is either due to my driving skills which weren't bad (although I doubt they alone were sufficient, especially after visiting a few local watering holes) or due more to having "several" guardian angels watching over me. lol
The "right of way" was secured in order of the size of vehicles, beginning of course, with Deuce & Half's and Semi's and working down to the bicyclists.
If there were two equal size vehicles, it was the one who looked (or blinked) which "lost."
If you didn't have "one" you soon grew a pretty fair size "pair" or you soon found yourself continually crowded out or sitting and waiting for someone to let you thru, which NEVER happened.
Traffic Jams? No one who did not experience the joy of driving there can even begin to imagine what they were like in their frequency and duration.
Ive seen times (and no exaggeration) where I'd park my jeep, lock it (with chain and padlock to steering wheel) and walk to closest outdoor cafe and sit for an hour or 2 until the madness somehow sorted itself out.
I witnessed at least 2 or 3 accidents every day; most with injuries and many fatalities; more than I saw in my occasional forays out in the field.
I could go on and on, but will close with my favorite Vietnamese practice which they adopted from (who else) the Frogs (French)
At night, most drove with either only parking lights on or none at all. When they met another vehicle, they would turn their lights on which often times, were on High Beam and usually just before the vehicles met each other.
Just think about driving in the dark and all of a sudden out of nowhere, someone turns on the lights. Sort of "disconcerting" to say the least. lol. But you got used to it and learned to drive as crazily and maniacal as did the natives.
It was an experience not soon to be forgotten and there should have been some citation awarded for anyone who drove in Saigon for a year or more and was not injured or ran over anyone.
What will it be like 100 years from now? Will we seem as primitive? I had the fortune of knowing my Great Grandmother. She would have been a young woman at this time. She knew what it was like to live with horses, no electricity, no radio, no TV, no internet, no processed food, no running water, no autos. She died in 1966. How I wished I could talk to her again.
Pretty cool music for 1909!
Amazing, only three years after the 1906 quake, there did not appear to be much damage.
Great.....Loved the tune....any idea who it is.....?
Great.....Loved the tune....any idea who it is.....?
Amazing that road rage didn’t start back then. Sheesh.
WOW. One of the most facinating videos I’ve ever seen. Cool.
Back in time, in SanFrancisco, when men were men... well.
I am struck by the lack of ladies. I watched more than half of it and all I saw were males. Interesting.
Anyone know what that tall building in the background is?
that was cool. Market has always been a wide street. I have often wondered why such an old street was so wide and now I know it always was.
Thanks that was cool!
Neat video. It’s almost like a time machine; you’re watching a real slice-of -life and not a staged event. Mesmerizing.
I wonder what kind of camera they were using. It’s amazing to me 100 years ago they had the technology to have a video cam small enough to fit on a trolley.
Oh, and forget about the jaywalkers. It’s jaydrivers you had to watch out for back then!