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Jan. 22, 1950: Jury Acquits Tucker of Fraud
1950: Along with seven business associates, Preston Tucker — founder and namesake of the Tucker Car Corporation and the creator of the ultramodern Tucker ’48 sedan — is found not guilty of 25 counts of...
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May 13, 1935: Enter the Parking Meter
1935: An entrepreneurial politician files a patent application for a device that will elicit curses and contempt from generations of motorists: the parking meter. If it weren’t for Pearl Harbor, FDR...
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June 29, 1956: Ike Signs Interstate Highway Act
1956: Urged to ease congestion on America’s roads, and inspired by Germany’s use of autobahns for troop movement during World War II, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Federal Aid Highway Act of...
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July 26, 1943: L.A. Gets First Big Smog
1943: In the middle of World War II, Los Angeles residents believe the Japanese are attacking them with chemical warfare. A thick fog that makes people’s eyes sting and their noses run has taken hold...
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Sept. 7, 1948: Where the Rubber Is the Road
A mile-long stretch of Exchange Street in Akron, Ohio, is the first in the United States to be paved with a rubber-asphalt compound. The post Sept. 7, 1948: Where the Rubber Is the Road appeared first...
View ArticleApril 28, 1940: BMW Sweeps Mille Miglia
BMW has long hailed itself as building "the ultimate driving machine," and never was that more true than when the company thoroughly dominated the 1940 Mille Miglia. The post April 28, 1940: BMW Sweeps...
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June 6, 1933: A Car, a Movie, Some Popcorn and Thou
1933: The world’s first drive-in movie theater opens in Camden, New Jersey. The concept was developed by Richard Hollingshead Jr., who experimented with various projection and sound techniques in the...
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Sept. 13, 1899: New Yorker Becomes First U.S. Pedestrian Killed by Car
Henry Bliss alights from a streetcar on the Upper West Side and steps into automotive history when he's hit and killed -- by a cab, of course -- making him the first person in North America to die this...
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Oct. 31, 1951: We’ll Cross That Street When We Come to It
1951: The first official zebra crossing starts protecting pedestrians at Slough, just west of London. Postwar Britain had only 10 percent of its current road traffic, but fatalities were mounting. The...
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Chrysler Has a New Way to Test Cars Packing Big Horsepower
Chrysler just dropped $2.5 million on a revamped dynamometer, one that can properly test all-wheel drive and 4x4 vehicles packing up to 650 horsepower. The post Chrysler Has a New Way to Test Cars...
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