Village leaders enacted the ban on July 6, 1898 and Mackinac Island has been car free ever since. Today, only emergency vehicles - ambulances and fire trucks - are allowed on the island.
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They stated that the use of automobiles on Mackinac Island would be a danger to “the lives and property of petitioners and their patrons and to all others who use the streets and roads of this village.” Protection of the island's historic environment and the carriage businesses serving tourists were a priority for ...
Crime for the resident populations tend to be minimal. The recently released 2016 FBI statistics show Mackinac Island had eight violent crimes, or the equivalent of about 17 crimes per 1,000 residents, putting it at No. 5 behind Detroit, Muskegon Heights, Benton Harbor and Highland Park.
Perhaps the most noticeable first impression visitors get of Mackinac Island is the absence of automobiles! Visitors and residents travel by foot, bicycle or horse drawn carriage.
How did Britain manage to kill off its car industry down to a few British only cars? The failure of the British car industry was essentially that they were in a tight spot, where they needed to do some R&D on the production of new cars, but couldn't because of the way British banking works.