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A five-mile-per-hour drive wrecked Ohio's first car

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Humanity's relationship with horrible driving started shockingly early. John Lambert created a gasoline-powered buggy and took it for a spin with a friend. While blazing along at a terrifying five miles per hour, they hit a protruding tree root, bounced into a hitching post, and got thrown onto the dirt. Miraculously they survived, but the car was completely totaled.

A five-mile-per-hour drive wrecked Ohio's first car
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