Travel along with the NYFD as they go on a run in April of 1926.
Travel along with the NYFD as they go on a run in April of 1926.
Nice to see that driving in the city hasnt changed too much.
This is a Street Car Dash Cam from somewhere between 1900 and 1905 before the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJfTa5SjDCY
Those Horseless Carriage drivers are shiny happy people. 
The fire chief was ringin' the hell out of that bell, wasn't he? Even at that, at least one guy on the sidewalk was not paying attention!
Man, EVERYBODY in San Francisco was driving like an shiny happy person whether hay or petrol powered. 
I think Synthetic's clip was shot from a trolley. The amazing thing is someone shot the same thing, down the same street right AFTER the earthquake in 1906. That's a link above to the two side by side.
That's still a reasonable approximation of how cooperative other drivers are around firetrucks today.
Curmudgeon wrote: The fire chief was ringin' the hell out of that bell, wasn't he? Even at that, at least one guy on the sidewalk was not paying attention!
Yeah, I found myself yelling "get the berkeley out of the way" to my computer.
Anti-stance wrote:Curmudgeon wrote: The fire chief was ringin' the hell out of that bell, wasn't he? Even at that, at least one guy on the sidewalk was not paying attention!Yeah, I found myself yelling "get the berkeley out of the way" to my computer.
That happens, too...
Wow that old fire truck is faster than a modern F1 car! The people may be inattentive but they take off like olympic sprinters to get out of the way.
Looked a lot like the footage from the Russian guy on the motorcycle.
"forced onto sidewalk by traffic jam" 
Holy E36M3! Try that today! Looks like that driver was pretty good a getting through some narrow gaps in traffic.
DoctorBlade wrote: A-ha! I think Synthetic's clip was shot from a trolley. The amazing thing is someone shot the same thing, down the same street right AFTER the earthquake in 1906. That's a link above to the two side by side.
Wow, That's pretty cool. That must have been beyond devastating. Yeah the one I posted was from a cable car.
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