that the pedestrian runs a lesser risk than the cyclist or the chauffeur. He exposes himself to simply falling from a standing position, and not to being thrown from a high-velocity machine, nor to the breakage of this valuable piece of equipment; so, until the day when this folly shall have ceased, namely that of allowing people to circulate freely on foot, without their having availed themselves of permits, number plates, brakes, bells, horns and lanterns, we shall continue to face that public menace: the killer pedestrian.
--Alfred Jarry
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