1. "Traffic lights" were born 18 years before the car
The world's di a car was born in 1886, which can be used to comb the traffic lights, which are commonly known as "traffic lights", but came out in 1868, which is 18 years earlier than the car. In September 1868, on the Houses of Parliament Square in London, where horse-drawn carriages often struck and injured passers-by, the mechanic Naith installed the world's first signal light at the intersection of George Avenue and Bridge Street, on the advice of Inspector General of Police de Maine.
Almost completely different from our current signal lights, this signal light is installed on a 6.6-meter-high iron pillar, composed of red and green rotating square glass lamps, the color conversion requires a special person to hold a long pole to operate, but because the signal light uses gas as fuel, an accidental explosion occurred, resulting in the death of the operator, so this short-lived signal light only worked for 23 days before dying.
2. Di A country with a license and driver's license is France
Although the Germans invented the car, the first country to use the license plate and driver's license was France, and in 1893 the Paris police in France clearly stipulated: "All cars must be hung on the left side of the body with a metal license plate, which should be printed with the name, address and registration number of all the people, and the number should also be written on the glass of the taillight." ”
Another item in the regulations is that the driver must pass the test and get the driver's license before being eligible to drive, the test content includes driving technology and vehicle construction principles and repair technology, people under the age of 21 are not allowed to obtain a driver's license, and the police also have the right to cancel the driver's license according to the situation, which should be the early "revocation".
3. There are almost no highways in Russia
A bit of an accident isn't it? As of 2012, there was only one truly high-speed in St. Petersburg, and the whole territory of Russia was only 46 kilometers, and the charges ranged from 10-100 rubles (about 1-10 yuan) according to different models.
Russia is not so poor, right? Don't they know the truth of building roads before they get rich? And the land area is so large, there is no high speed, how to drive ah? Look closely at the territory of Russia, most of the region is concentrated in the no-man's land of Siberia, where there is really no point in building highways, and there is perennial ice and snow cover, the maintenance cost of highways is too high, and secondly, although Russia is large but the population is very sparse, the demand for highways is obviously much smaller than ours, and the economy is certainly a problem that cannot be ignored, especially after the collapse of the former Soviet Union, Russia will invest limited funds in places where it is more needed, and road construction is not so urgent.
4. Saudi Arabia does not allow women to drive
In 1991, the Saudi Arabian Ministry of the Interior quoted a religious decree to prohibit women from driving, and the reason they gave was even more bizarre, actually to prevent women from being sexually assaulted, they believe that women in other countries such as Europe and the United States can drive freely because they do not care about being sexually assaulted.
Over the years, Saudi women have repeatedly marched to protest and organized collective driving rights protection cases, but they have all failed, think about it is sad, every day looking at the luxury cars coming and going on the street, Saudi women can not be hungry!
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5. China's highway mileage is one in the world
You read that right, by the end of 2014, the total length of the mainland highway had reached 111918 kilometers, and the total mileage of the United States, the absolute world one, and the second place in the United States, was about 92,000 kilometers. We have spent 26 years from zero to the world, and we have indeed become rich under the premise of repairing the road, but unlike the developed countries, our toll miles are too much...
6. Di A car equipped with an 8AT is a Lexus LS460
What brand comes to mind when it comes to 8AT transmissions? BMW or Audi? These two are indeed manufacturers with a wide range of 8AT at present, but when it comes to the first manufacturer to use 8AT, it is actually Lexus, and the specific model is the 2007 LS460.
As the flagship model of Lexus, the 8AT codenamed AA80E was jointly developed by Aisin and Toyota, and the shift time was only 350 milliseconds, although the ZF 8AT that is widely used by BMW today has a shift time of 200 milliseconds, but it is already admirable that Toyota can do this nearly 8 years ago.
7. BMW used to be called "Bayir"
As one of the Three Musketeers of The Ashkenazi lineage, BMW's popularity in China is self-evident, but you know what? Before 1992, it was translated as "Bayir" in China, isn't it awkward? Before that, domestic consumers were not very familiar with the brand from Bavaria, Germany, but since the name change, BMW has begun to be successful in the domestic market, and now there is a nickname of "don't touch me".
8. "Mercedes" is the name of an Austrian girl
The names of many overseas manufacturers come from the names of the founders, but the Mercedes in "Mercedes-Benz" has nothing to do with the founders.
When Carl Benz founded Mercedes-Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach founded Daimler Cars, more than 100 years ago an Austro-Hungarian businessman named Emile Terlinek bought a large number of parts from Thedalem Company to assemble the car, he used the name of his 10-year-old daughter, Mercedes, to name the car, in the subsequent races this car won him a lot of championships, and the name "Mercedes" was widely circulated.
Inspired by this, Daimler Automobiles officially adopted "Mercedes" as the product name the following year, and then in 1926, Daimler and Mercedes-Benz were officially merged, and the combined name was set as Mercedes-Benz.
9. One out of every four cars is made in China
From 2009 to 2014, China replaced the United States and became a major automobile producer and seller in the world for 6 consecutive years, so how big is China's output? Taking 2014 as an example, the global automobile production of 86.26 million vehicles, China production of 23.72 million vehicles, less than 4 cars are made in China, cheap labor and rapid demand for vehicles let us easily surpass many European and American countries at once, I really do not know whether to be "happy" or "happy"?