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Updated: 16 Feb 2023
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Mary Anderson invents the windshield wiper;
this was a handle-operated rubber-bladed system. to remove snow rain and sleet.;
at first, this made no impact but in 1922 Cadillac made windshield wipers standard on cars.;
this made an impact by making it safer to drive in bad weather.; the windshield wipers needed to be made so that it was safer to drive in weather.Cadillac made engine cranks obsolete;
in 1912 Cadillac makes the first electric engine starter created by Charles Kettering.;
this made an impact by removing the need for drivers to crank the car to life.; the starter needed to happen to make operating a car easier.first electromechanical airbag;
in 1968 a man from Florida used a 5$ crash sensor led to him creating the first electromechanical
airbag system in the next five years General Motors made the first passenger airbag using this creation.;
this made an impact by making cars safer to drive.; this change was needed in order to make driving saferclean air act;
in 1970 President Richard Nixon signed the clean air act. this forces automakers to adopt pollution requirements.
this sees the birth of catalytic converters which reduce the power of the engine and kill the muscle car era.;
this makes an impact by reducing smog-forming emissions for the
first 20 years it is reported to prevent more than 200,000 deaths and 700,000 cases of chronic bronchitis.; this needed to happen in order to make the air cleaner.Unsafe at Any Speed:
a young attorney named Ralph Nader wrote a book called Unsafe at Any Speed. this book covers how safety
standards for cars a virtually nonexistent. 10 months later President Lyndon Johnson creates the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.:
this made an impact by making automakers adopt seatbelts, airbags, and electronic stability controls, and now
automated emergency braking.; this book needed to be made so automobile manufacturers had to meet safety requirements for thePeriods
the first car:
on Jan 26 1886 carl benz applied for a patent for a vehicle powered by a gas engine.;
this made an impact by making it easier to travel long distances.;
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