Another example is at one o'clock all stores close down for lunch. One of our concerts was planned to be at 1 o'clock. We needed the gallery electrician. He showed up at 2. Cars are small and the drivers drive fast round corners into small streets and stay in their own lanes.
Cars are late comers.
The city is not torn up to accommodate them, so the cars have to built to fit the city. There are no parking meters, or gas stations. Instead there are gas pumps on the sidewalk run by a tobacco store. The city has remained much the same for many years. Art says it's because they realize the car is a passing thing.