Complex sentence: Riders preferred to operate their vehicles on the smooth pavements instead of the rough roads, but their interactions with pedestrians caused many municipalities to enact laws prohibiting their use, and so after its brief moment in the limelight, the dandy-horse quickly faded into oblivion.
Split into simpler sentences: Riders preferred to operate their vehicles on the smooth pavements instead of the rough roads, but their interactions with pedestrians caused many municipalities to enact laws prohibiting their use. After its brief moment in the limelight, the dandy-horse quickly faded into oblivion.