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Mercedes Put an Airbag Beneath a Car to Help Slow It Before a Crash
What was the Mercedes braking bag? It was an experimental underbody airbag shown as part of the ESF 2009 safety programme. When sensors judged a collision unavoidable, the device would deploy a high-f
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The Rearview Mirror’s Origin Story Begins Before the First Indy 500
The usual history of the rearview mirror is wonderfully neat. Ray Harroun entered the first Indianapolis 500 in 1911 with a mirror attached to his Marmon Wasp. He drove alone while his competitors
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Before Every Car Got a Third Brake Light, 343 San Francisco Taxis Had to Prove It Worked
A third brake light is remarkably easy to ignore. It sits in the rear window or above the tailgate, performs one job and receives considerably less attention than the lamps surrounding it. That ano
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