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Colorized video footage of San Francisco from 1906(?) Can we confim the date?
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Zero999:

--- Quote from: MikeK on April 18, 2022, 10:48:02 pm ---
--- Quote from: free_electron on April 18, 2022, 03:41:14 pm ---As for the date ? i think it was filmed yesterday, the potholes are all still there...
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The potholes are still there because you have it so easy in CA...after over 100 years the puny little potholes are the same.  Come over to the northeast for real potholes.

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Could the colder climate in the north-east be a factor? When tiny cracks fill with water and the temperature falls below freezing, the expansion causes the cracks to become large holes.  This happens here in the UK, when we get a cold winter.
TimFox:
Certain areas of the US (which covers a very large area), including Chicago, go through the freeze-thaw cycle many times during the winter months.
More northerly areas stay frozen, and more southerly areas are unfamiliar with snow and ice and drive accordingly.
jpanhalt:

--- Quote from: TimFox on April 18, 2022, 01:39:39 pm ---In North America, driving on the right side of the road was conventional from the beginning, but it took a while before having the steering wheel on the left was universal.  Some early drivers preferred to see where they were with respect to the edge of the road.  See  http://www.lostinthepond.com/2013/03/fact-american-steering-wheels-havent.html

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Or, because stagecoach drivers (probably many horse driven carriages) sat on the right.  The left was for the shotgun.  What's customary is slow to change.
free_electron:

--- Quote from: jpanhalt on April 19, 2022, 01:54:02 pm ---
Or, because stagecoach drivers (probably many horse driven carriages) sat on the right.  The left was for the shotgun.  What's customary is slow to change.

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We still have volvo's with a gunrack :)
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