Police Urge Ban on Women Drivers

Posted on February 23, 2010 by lmharnisch
Feb. 23, 1920, Briggs
“The Saddest Scene,” by Clare Briggs.

Feb. 23, 1920, Women Drivers 
 
 
Feb. 23, 1920: Los Angeles is the deadliest city in the nation for pedestrians, The Times says. Solution? Ban women drivers because women account for more than 30 percent of the fatalities, says Police Capt. James McDowell.  Of course, using that logic, banning male drivers would eliminate nearly 70 percent of the deaths, but nobody had the bad manners to bring it up.

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