While we;re at this I have to report, sadly, that the French invented motor
racing.
In a message dated 25/02/2009 15:55:11 GMT Standard Time, breton48@live.com
writes:
Drew wrote:
Even the Library of Congress says Benz(referring to Cugnot as a military
vehicle), not the US. Another site said the Benz was the first automobile,
yet the Cugnot was the first auto crash!?
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Right... the three-wheeled steam powered Cugnot vehicle was designed to pull
a cannon, and crashed within a few hundred feet the first time it was on a
road! I think most would agree Benz was the inventor of the automobile.
The early English car manufacturers were not helped by the fact a car driver
needed a man with a red flag to walk in front of the vehicle as a warning to
impending catastrophe such vehicle was bound to unleash! I think the red
flag law lasted at least till 1903?
JLC
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