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Fun Facts

  • The first speeding ticket was issued in 1902.
  • The first gas gauge appeared in cars in 1922.
  • The carburetor and an electric engine starter were invented by women.
  • The first car radio was invented in 1929.
  • Buick introduced the first electric turn signals in 1938.
  • Most of the car horns in America beep in the musical key of F.
  • The first cars did not have steering wheels. Drivers steered with a lever.
  • The 1st automobile racetrack in the US was the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It was made of 3 million cobblestones. 



    
		    
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Citations are listed on each page. Other sources of information are listed below:

		  
Automobile Facts of Interest. Retrieved November 29, 2005 from http://www.autoserv.com/facts.htm.

		  
Buddy Bug was edited with Paint Shop by Sarah and Breanne. The original animated clip art is from http://www.artie.com/20030826/index-of-cars.html and is available at no cost for public and non-profit use. 

		  
Car Fun Facts. Retrieved March 13, 2006 from http://www.chevroncars.com/wocc/lrn/artcl/artcl.jhtml?id=/content/Car_Corner/a1791.xml

		  
Dreamweaver Tutorial. Dreamweaver Tutorial.  Retrieved November 5, 2006 from http://www.communitymx.com/abstract.cfm?cid=651FF . 

		  
Fun Car Facts and Trivia. Retrieved March 1, 2006 from http://www.cootersautomanuals.com/facts.html.

		  
Little Known Facts and Trivia about the Automobile. Retrieved January 13, 2006 from http://home.pon.net/hunnicutt/auto_trivia.htm. 

		  
The logo, Ride My Car was created by Cooltext.com which provides free banners, logos, and buttons for non-profit or personal use. 

		  
Clip art is from Microsoft clip art online.

		  
Ms. Janetl Taylor from The University of Montevallo helped us learn how to make anchors and taught Mrs. Harris how to use Photo Story 3. 

		  
Quiz and the madlib story was created by our team using XHTML codes and tags with the help of our coach, Mrs. Harris. 

		  
Animation is by Unfreeze. Software is free for non-profit and public use.  

		  
Word Search puzzle was created at http://www.wordsearchfun.com/ by Daniel, Jaylon, and Juwan. 

		  
Photographs

		  
Photographs of the 1920's truck and the storefront were taken at Mr. Dewayne Deerman's Body Shop, 3-D Paint and Body.

		  
Photographs of the white 1955 Chevy and the 2006 Toyota Hybrid are courtesy of Mr. Edgar Cook, his brother, and his dad. 

		  
Information and photos of the parts of the car are courtesy of Mr. Brian Lemley, owner of Lemley's Automotive. 

		  
Photographs of cars in the photo gallery and on the opening page are courtesy of  friends and family with permission to use them on our website.