Did you know?
1. There Are More
Cars Than People In The World:
1. There Are More Cars Than People In The World:
According to
the World Population Clock, the population of the world is estimated at 7.4
billion whereas according to Elite Daily,
there are more than 10 billion cars in the world. The question that arises is
who drives them. The truth is many cars are manufactured every year, not all of
which are in use. Some of the unused or unsold ones are disposed of or left to
rust forever.
Approximately 95% of
the cars that have stopped working are recycled. Roughly 27 million cars are
reprocessed every year.
An average car has as
many as 30,000 parts in it. Imagine solving a puzzle out of so many
units. Constructing a car is almost equivalent to that. When these parts are
put together in the right places, it forms the car that we drive. Most of these
units are recyclable, like the battery,
oil filters, scrap metals and tires.
Graduation gifts are
special. But the Piccadilly-P1 Roadster by Rolls-Royce that Allen Swift of
Massachusetts was gifted by his dad after his graduation was a little too
special for him. He owned, drove and treasured it for a good 82 years.
According to Guinness World Records, the longest traffic
jam in the world spanned from Lyon to Paris when hundreds of tourists were on
their way back home from Ski holidays. A stretch of 109 miles was at a
standstill on the French Autoroute as a result of poor weather and traffic
blockage.
6. The First Automobile Accident Took Place In 1891:
The first car
accident occurred near Cleveland in Ohio City. It was James William Lambert’s
car which hit a tree root and got sidetracked leading it to crash into a
hitching post. Though the injuries were minor, it left its imprint on the
history of cars.
If you thought
Volkswagen was a single brand, you are wrong. The German company boasts of
owning several other prestigious car companies like Porsche, Audi, Bugatti,
Bentley, Lamborghini, and overseas brands SEAT and Skoda.
Autonomous vehicles
or driverless cars are currently in existence in the form of a prototype,
developed by Google. These cars could possibly put a check on the number of
vehicles actually needed on the road to commute and also decrease road accidents. The futuristic
automobiles are expected to be available for commercial purposes by the year
2020.
9. Self Driven Cars Would Require Driver’s License:
The future automatic
cars will need a license for driving on open roads. In the US, Nevada was the
first state to authorize these cars on their roads and the first ever
autonomous vehicle license was imprinted as a result.
Back in the beginning
of the 20th century, the cost of buying a car would be around $825. The Ford
Model T was worth $950. The price is quite unimaginable but it would be around
thousands of dollars in today’s time.
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for they tell you your faults”
- Benjamin Franklin
