# Historical myths DEBUNKED! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 19, 2025, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-myths-debunked/1022251 "2025-08-19T02:56:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 211
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-myths-debunked/1022251/211 "2025-08-26T10:48:27Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Grant driving his carriage would presumably not have been an official act. True, but trump driving a car would be. Or so spake SCOTUS. Once _l’etat cest moi_, everything is an official act; yes, even pooping. > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > What I find most incredulous about this story is speeding tickets predating the automobile. Perhaps not. I could certainly imagine some sort of law about reckless horsemanship in a crowded city. No galloping where pedestrians are about, etc. Back in the days of carriages with 2 or more horses, carriage collisions and run-over pedestrians were not rare occurrences. IIRC from my late wife, a lot of the common-law jurisprudence about motor vehicle accidents dates from the horse-drawn days. If there’s civil law about it, good bet there was code law too. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-myths-debunked/1022251)._