The Influence of the Auto Industry on News Coverage

As car ownership began to increase, so did car fatalities. It was mostly children and the elderly who were disproportionately killed by cars. This is when the term J-walking appeared in the 1920s. The word has remained lodged in our minds and legal system ever since.

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