[Spridgets] Huh???

[WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com]

While we;re at this I have to report, sadly, that the French invented motor  
racing.
 
In a message dated 25/02/2009 15:55:11 GMT Standard Time, breton48 at live.com  
writes:

Drew  wrote:
Even the Library of Congress says Benz(referring to Cugnot as a  military
vehicle), not the US.  Another site said the Benz was the  first automobile,
yet the Cugnot was the first auto  crash!?

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Right...  the three-wheeled steam powered Cugnot vehicle was designed to pull
a  cannon, and crashed within a few hundred feet the first time it was on  a
road! I think most would agree Benz was the inventor of the automobile.  

The early English car manufacturers were not helped by the fact a car  driver
needed a man with a red flag to walk in front of the vehicle as a  warning to
impending catastrophe such vehicle was bound to unleash! I think  the red
flag law lasted at least till 1903?  

JLC