Were people ever scared of newer methods of transportation when they were new?

by SB1001

There are a lot of people who are scared by the thought of self driving cars. People think they are unsafe, untrustworthy, prone to hacks, like the ability to drive, or that they will steal jobs from taxi drivers, truck drivers, or other forms of transportation. But this gets me wondering, were people ever scared by newer methods of transportation like automobiles when they were new? I would think that the automobile would scare a lot of people back then thinking that they were a fad or only for the rich. Were people ever worried about automobiles, trains, steamships like they are now about self driving cars?

nsavandal09

Certainly. When elevators were first introduced they all came with an operator to operate the doors and select the levels. When the steam locomotive was introduced doctors doubted that humans would be able to breathe at such high speeds. http://history.howstuffworks.com/american-history/old-railroads6.htm