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Here are a few facts you have always wanted to know about cars.
1. In Churchill, Canada, people leave their cars unlocked to offer an escape for pedestrians who
might – see polar bears on the street.
2. In 2004, Oprah gave her audience free cars. In reality, the people had to pay 6000 dollars in
taxes and many were made to take loans or sell the car to pay the taxes.
3. Norway doesn’t let advertisers – claim that a car is ‘green’. They may – say it is less harmful to
drive a certain car than another.
4. Honda Prelude was the first mass produced car to feature a 4-wheel steering system. It was said
to beat even Porsche and Ferrari in the slalom test.
5. In some countries it is illegal to ride a motorcycle between two parallel cars.
6. The first car to use a rear-view mirror was driven by Indy 500 winner Ray Harroun in 1911 to see
the cars catching up behind him.
7. South African residents are allowed to attach small flamethrowers to their cars to provide
defence against carjackers.
8. In 1896, Bridget Driscoll was the first pedestrian to be killed by a car in the UK. The car was said
to have travelled at 4 mph.
9. For a car to have been the best selling car in the 90s it would have had to beat the sales figures
of a particular toy car.
10. Your car remote can – become useless if you try to use it more than 256 times when the
remote is out of range. I advise you – never to try this at home.