Zap - Quick Car facts

Quick Car Facts.

Hey guys todays Zap post is about car facts. Cars are a very important thing in daily life but it is very interesting to know about them... take a look. 

1. Mercedes Benz cars are named after Mercedes Jellinek who is a girl from Austria. Source : vroomvroomvroom.com

2. In Manhatten, New York there are more then 16,400 parking meters. Source : vroomvroomvroom.com

3. The city with the most Rolls Royce's per capita is Hong Kong. Source : vroomvroomvroom.com

4. Until 1973, whale oil was used in the transmissions of many cars. Source : http://www.goauto.ca

5. Over the course of his/her lifetime, the average driver will swear roughly 32,000 times while driving. Source : http://www.goauto.ca

6. The first speeding ticket was given out way back in 1904, and the driver was going 18 kph. Source : http://www.goauto.ca

7. The longest traffic jam of all time occurred in 1980, between Paris and Lyon on the French Autoroute. The jam stretched an astounding 175 km. Source : http://www.goauto.ca

8. The most expensive car ever sold is the 1931 Bugatti Royale Kellner Coupe with a price of $ 8,700,000 Source: http://blog.carid.com

9. There is one car per person in the U.S ( including babies )! Source: http://blog.carid.com

10. It would take 150 year to drive a car to the sun. Source: http://blog.carid.com

11. Red cars are phrohibited in Shanghai, China.

12. The most likely time for fatal car crashes is on weekends between midnight and three o'clock in the morning. Source : http://www.goauto.ca

13. Drivers kill more deer then hunters. Source: http://blog.carid.com

14. The most people stuffed into a smart car is 19 and this was done in Karachi, Pakistan. Source: http://blog.carid.com

15. The first cars didn’t have steering wheels. Drivers had to steer with a lever! Source: http://www.jurnii.com

16. The first car radio was invented in 1929. Source: http://www.jurnii.com

17. On average a human being spends two weeks of their entire lives waiting for traffic lights to change.

18. An airbag takes only 40 milliseconds to inflate after an accident. Source: http://www.jurnii.com

19. The most expensive city in the world to park in is London. Parking in central London can cost up to £578.87 per month. Plus you’ll have to pay the congestion charge just to get there. Source: http://www.ianallanford.co.uk 

20. Perhaps the strangest attempt at renewable energy sources for cars is Cappuccino. Source: http://www.ianallanford.co.uk

  Thank you for reading bye!