Last Updated: June 5, 2026

Bikes Can Be Faster than Autos

When I was researching my post for 3125 North High, I came across this article about the Washburn family.

Accidents are not in themselves funny, but in this case, it is…a bit. The policeman, on his bicycle, caught the hit-skip car? Two automobile wheels passed over the child’s leg and she was not seriously injured? The policeman let the hit-skip driver go? Times have changed!

[Article from the Columbus Dispatch, accessed from the NewsBank database of the Columbus Metropolitan Library. A detailed citation can be found by clicking through the image above.]

Categories: 1900-1940

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