“We can’t give women the vote! They’ll run amok!”
Women running amok:
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Interesting that number plates were already a thing back then.
Apparently quite a bit earlier even:
France was the first country to introduce the registration plate with the enactment of the Paris Police Ordinance on 14 August 1893, followed by Germany in 1896.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plate#History
Was this from the States? Because something related to Prohibition upon alcohol would be my guess. 1920-1933 in the States.
Could also be something about womens' rights?
EDIT: "!" to "?." Not sure why I did that.
The banner is wordplay regarding "passed" being able to mean "overtaken on the road" or "defecation"
They're saying this car slow af (or traffic is bad) XD
I read the banner as: This car is less polluting than a horse.
I'm pretty sure it's about being slow, haha.
I've seen this bper sticker in recent years, awesome to see it has such a long history!
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 💪
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