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- The Canadian province of Prince Edward Island enacted a ban on motorized automobiles from 1908 to 1919, with some bans partially lifted after a plebiscite in 1913. The Prince Edward Island government voted to ban automobiles from the Island in 1908, when there were only seven cars on the Island, due to residents' concerns over their safety, that they frightened horses and livestock, and due to the quality of Island roads. In the spring of 1913 the provincial legislature voted to relax the ban and allow automobiles on roads three days a week, but due to public outcry a plebiscite was held that summer at school district meetings to determine if the ban would be reinstated in each district. An estimated 90% of respondents supported the ban, but official results were suppressed. Following the plebiscite, the provincial government allowed individual districts to petition to have the ban lifted. This resulted in a situation where many roads were open to automobiles but others were not, requiring motorists to have their cars towed by horse or rail across banned districts. As public opinion of automobiles changed over the next several years, more districts rescinded the ban and more roads became available to motorists. The ban was lifted province-wide in 1919, although resistance to automobiles remained common for several years afterwards. (en)
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- The Canadian province of Prince Edward Island enacted a ban on motorized automobiles from 1908 to 1919, with some bans partially lifted after a plebiscite in 1913. The Prince Edward Island government voted to ban automobiles from the Island in 1908, when there were only seven cars on the Island, due to residents' concerns over their safety, that they frightened horses and livestock, and due to the quality of Island roads. In the spring of 1913 the provincial legislature voted to relax the ban and allow automobiles on roads three days a week, but due to public outcry a plebiscite was held that summer at school district meetings to determine if the ban would be reinstated in each district. An estimated 90% of respondents supported the ban, but official results were suppressed. (en)
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- Prince Edward Island automobile ban (en)
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