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Nome of the above - it's pretty clearly about being slow.
Not sure where you got any of those ideas from.
Also, these gals would've been pretty well off to even afford that car - definitely not the average person.
"Passed" in this context isn't always intuitive to some English speakers.
We Americans are the heirs of a speed demon culture ๐ช
Daily reminder that President Grant was arrested and fined (by a Black cop, no less) for speeding in a dangerous fashion with a horse-drawn carriage. I salute both men o7