
06/11/2019
The Automobile Ordinance – June 23, 1904
The Atlanta City Council created the city’s first speed limits in June 1904. Physicians and surgeons were exempt “when using their automobiles in answering emergency calls.”
The Constitution: Atlanta, GA – Thursday, June 23, 1904 The general council of Atlanta is to be congratulated on adopting an ordinance regulating the operation of automobiles on the streets of the city. The rapidly increasing local use of these machines, the number of more or less serious acciden...