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- The first cars did not have steering wheels. Drivers steered with
a lever.
- The New York City Police Department used
bicycles to pursue speeding motorists in 1898.
- The
first speeding ticket was issued in 1902.
- In 1916,
55 percent of the cars in the world were Model T Fords, a record that has never been beaten.
- The first gas gauge appeared in cars in 1922.
- In 1923, 173 new inventions by women for cars had been reported. Among these inventions were a carburetor
and an electric engine starter.
- The first car radio
was invented in 1929.
- Buick introduced the first
electric turn signals in 1938.
- The Peanuts characters
were first animated in 1957 for a Ford Fairlaine automobile commercial.
- Most American car horns beep in the key of F.
- The automobile is the most recycled consumer product in the world today.
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