Nineteenth-century traffic

You think I'm kidding? And the rules of the road are a purely modern phenomenon, which was approved only after the appearance of the internal combustion engine and car concerns flooded the world with their products? Then I have to surprise you! The rules exist for a very long time, but to monitor the implementation of these rules by road users was entrusted to the city and police. And they, in turn, did not hesitate to close their eyes to certain violations for a certain reward. It was done as follows: the crowman or cabber made any slightest violation of the rules, for example, when following the "gooseme" instead of the interval of three sazhens approached two or overtook, where it is not necessary, or even did not violate anything, but the city looked after the driver and wrote down the number - so there will be a fine, and that it was not, it is better to pay in advance. And the driver threw twenty or more pennies under the feet of the city. At the same time, he shouted, "Beware!" City understood the conditional cry, looked at his feet, and seeing the coin, imperceptibly became her boot. What's not a modern sketch?