Useless Car Facts

• Windshield wipers were invented by a woman. Other automobile inventions
that were thought up by women include: carburetors, an electric engine starter, a
clutch mechanism, and insulation for spark plugs.

• The very first speeding ticket was issued in 1902.

• Airbags inflate 40 milliseconds after an accident and move at 4500 mph.

• In 1924, a Ford vehicle cost $265.

• Most car horns honk in the F key.

• Ferrari makes a maximum of 14 vehicles per day.

• The first vehicles used levers in place of steering wheels.

• The world’s longest traffic jam was 109 miles long. It happened in 1980 on the French Autoroute between Paris and Lyon.

• The world’s longest lasting traffic jam occurred this past year, in Augus 2010. The jam, which took place in Beijing, China, was 60 miles long and lasted 10 days.

• The Chevy Nova had very poor sales when it was sold in Mexico. Why? Nova means “doesn’t go” in Spanish.