cars and other vehicles

The first ever traffic lights in the world. The first traffic lights is considered to be a weird device from 1868r which first appeared in England. It was located in front of the British parlament. It was powered by gas and had only two signals green one and red one and also required manual switch by a police officer. Unfortunately after a month of using, it exploded injuring a police officer and was scrapped. This type of traffic lights never appeared again.  In England on the Piccadilly street in 1925 first electric traffic lights were installed and there are now 6300 of them in the capital. They are automatically controlled by a central computer, they reduce congestion and smooth traffic flow. However the first ever electric traffic lights were installed in the USA in 1914 and it had only two signals green one and red one, the first ever tricolour traffic lights also appeared in USA and it was in 1920r. In Poland first traffic lights were installed at an intersection of jeroz...

The most expensive car ever sold is the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé. This car is from 1955 and in 2022 became the most expensive car ever sold. The car was previously owned by Mercedes-Benz and was sold by RM Sotheby’s at the Mercedes-Benz Museum to an anoymous buyer. The car has been sold at this auction for nearly €135 million. All proceeds from the sale, Ola Källenius (director of Mercedes) says, will be used to establish a worldwide " Mercedes- Benz Fund". RM Sotheby's also added that it will aim to provide educational and research scholarships in the areas of environmental science and decarbonisation for yound people. Only two 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupés were made by Mercedes-Benz ever. A model name comes from the firm’s chief engineer, Rudolf Uhlenhaut. They were designed for the world championship in 1956, however they never took part in any competitions. This car has 3.0-litre straight- eight engine which allows it to go at a speed of up to 180 mph w...

Replacement of the engine. The world record for an engine replacement was in november 21, 1985. Five soldiers from the Royal British Mirines did it in just 42 seconds. They dismantled and newly  installed an engine in Ford Escorta. They have been training for this challenge for almost two weeks and this extremely fast replacement you can see in the video below. https://youtu.be/te48ucoEvFI?si=2bUUikvUnWEeIEXB The most expensive speeding ticket. An owner of the Mercedes sls AMG got the most expensive speeding ticket ever. It happened on one of the swiss highway in  Switzerland. The guy was going at a speed of 180 Miles per hour where the limit was just 50 mph. He explained to the police officer  that his odometer was faulty.   He had to pay 650 000 euros because in Switzerland the level of a fine is determined by the speed which they were going and also by the wealth of the driver. I think he was a very rich man... His car was impounded and his driver license was a...

Henry Ford's plastic hemp car built in 1941. Henry was looking for the alternative materials for building cars due to the fact that metal and steel resources were used in the arms industry. He hit upon an idea  that he could build a car from hemp and soy, powered by biofuel. Henry Ford with botanists constructed a hemp-fueled and hemp-bodied prototype car. The "plastic" body was composed of 70% cellulose fibers, including industrial hemp, mixed with a resin binder and they were pretty sturdy. Windows were made of acrylic and the whole car was was about 30% lighter than a traditional car. The car was very solid and stable. (In the video below you can see a guy who hits  a car with an axe). It is unknow why mass production of this extremely ecological car has been abandoned but it is believed that because of the connection between the industrial hemp and marijuana  might have been a major legal stumbling block.  https://youtu.be/srgE6Tzi3Lg?si=WwPGdnZmTJqycwdb

Fun facts about cars 2 Biggest car companies in the world - Japan's toyota comes first as the top-selling automaker, Germany takes second and third place with Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz. American Ford which was number 1 for decades now is only fourth. Toyota Corolla model was first introduced in 1966 and is the Best selling car of all time. The company has sold more then 50 million Corollas in twelve generations.  To be legal driver you need to get the driving licence which can be very hard in  different countries and very expensive. In France to get a driving licence it is required to complete more that 2 years worth of training ( with parental supervision) and cover at least 3000km. In many countries you just need to pass a theory test and a practical test, funny situation is in Mexico where you can get your licence without taking an exam... also it's very  similliar in India and Pakistan. You will only be asked to take a car through a series of cones or just drive...

Fun facts about cars. Karl Friedrich Benz german engineer and one of the maker of the famous german Mercedes- Benz brand is touted as the inventor of the first gasoline- powered automobile in 1886. After his release other companies in the world starded to copy Benz's model with their own like as usual. One of those companies was America's Ford Motor Company with their Model-T. It was really the first affordable automobile to the middle-class and they suddenly started to exchange  their horse-drawn carriages for this model- T. As a result this  car became one of the best-selling vehicles of all time. These days are about 1.4 billion cars on roads worldwide, with one quarter of those in the USA. Second country with the largest number of cars on roads is China and then Japan. As a result there are many traffic accidents 1.3 million people die each year. The most dangerous roads in the world belong to USA -  110 deaths per 1 million people and the safest with 17 deaths per...