What dark historical event accidentally pushed the American public to fully embrace the automatic car transmission?

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Gas stations banned mobile phones near pumps for decades. What bizarre threat were they actually terrified of?

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Karl Benz's wife, Bertha, took the world's first long-distance road trip in 1888 without telling her husband, effectively inventing the concept of joyriding.

Karl Benz's wife, Bertha, took the world's first long-distance road trip in 1888 without telling her husband, effectively inventing the concept of joyriding.…

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Automobile safety regulations require modern cars to be incredibly massive compared to their older counterparts to cram in all the heavy protective roll cages and impact crumple zones.

Automobile safety regulations require modern cars to be incredibly massive compared to their older counterparts to cram in all the heavy protective roll cages…

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Ferdinand Porsche designed the original Volkswagen Beetle under the direct orders of Adolf Hitler, who wanted a cheap, mass-produced vehicle for the newly built autobahns.

Ferdinand Porsche designed the original Volkswagen Beetle under the direct orders of Adolf Hitler, who wanted a cheap, mass-produced vehicle for the newly…

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Henry Ford's very first experimental automobile, the Quadricycle, was built in a tiny brick shed behind his house, but he forgot to measure the door before finishing it.

Henry Ford's very first experimental automobile, the Quadricycle, was built in a tiny brick shed behind his house, but he forgot to measure the door before…

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Travelers Insurance Company issued the world first automobile insurance policy in eighteen ninety-seven to a man named Truman Martin purely because he was absolutely terrified of…

Travelers Insurance Company issued the world first automobile insurance policy in eighteen ninety-seven to a man named Truman Martin purely because he was…

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What dark historical event accidentally pushed the American public to fully embrace the automatic car transmission?

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Gas stations banned mobile phones near pumps for decades. What bizarre threat were they actually terrified of?

Karl Benz's wife, Bertha, took the world's first long-distance road trip in 1888 without telling her husband, effectively inventing the concept of joyriding.

Automobile safety regulations require modern cars to be incredibly massive compared to their older counterparts to cram in all the heavy protective roll cages and impact crumple zones.

Ferdinand Porsche designed the original Volkswagen Beetle under the direct orders of Adolf Hitler, who wanted a cheap, mass-produced vehicle for the newly built autobahns.

Henry Ford's very first experimental automobile, the Quadricycle, was built in a tiny brick shed behind his house, but he forgot to measure the door before finishing it.

Travelers Insurance Company issued the world first automobile insurance policy in eighteen ninety-seven to a man named Truman Martin purely because he was absolutely terrified of…

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