"The Roman Emperor Hadrian insightfully observed: 'This luxury of speed destroys its own aim; a pedestrian makes more headway than a hundred conveyances jammed end-to-end along the twists and turns of the Sacred Way.' To the best of our knowledge, this stands as the first traffic report."
- Sean Hayes, "Autobiography: An Alternative History of the Car" in "Beyond the Car: Essays on the Auto Culture," 1995