Drivers should be thanking 19th century cyclists.
Drivers may act like they own the roads today. But paved roads were around before automobiles. Believe it or not, cyclists are to thank for the modern roads we have today.
Back in the early 19th century, many roads were cobbled or unsurfaced. When railroads started covering the U.S. and U.K. in the 1840s, the coaching trade started dying. Roads fell into disrepair; it started to look like they were a thing of the past. That is, until someone figured out how to make two wheels and a human go real fast without horses or coal.
