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Buckshot for speeding autos

2021-10-12 23:33:52.986249+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

'Shoot the tires': The violent early history of cars in Golden Gate Park

Despite that overt threat, the park leaders continued to resist. Finally, on July 4, 1907, Park Commissioner Metson let loose with his shotgun-to-the-tires suggestion. In a Chronicle article headlined “Buckshot for Speeding Autos,” McLaren himself spoke of his own recent incident of “rank indifference” from a motorist in violation of park rules who “refused to recognize the superintendent’s authority and rudely thrust him aside.”

Bring back buckshot for speeding autos.

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