Radio 4 this morning had a program about the young PG Wodehouse. Apparently he was keen on walking the city streets, and made notes of much of what he observed. One incident mentioned was where a cabbie had knocked down a cyclist, and Wodehouse notes the cabbie saying "if you'd taken a cab, that wouldn't have happened ..."
-- Axis of Evil: Whose economy needs ever more wars? Arms Exports $bn: USA 14.2, UK 5.1, vs France 1.5, Germany 0.8 (The Economist, July 2002)