Serious debate was held in courtrooms and in editorials over whether the automobile was inherently evil.
After World War I, as accidents continued to soar, drivers were being labeled in newspapers as "remorseless murderers," their danger to public safety likened to an epidemic disease. In Detroit and other cities angry mobs were dragging reckless drivers out of cars.
cw: bloodbath caused by cars
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