Early Autos America's passion for the automobile Developed in the beginning rather Quickly century of the twentieth. At the turn of có century, there là ít Automobiles, horseless carriages or, as They were at the time gọi, and những có là existed frivolous playthings of the rich Considered. They were rather fragile 5A machines sputtered and smoked and broke có down often Do; They were expensive toys không có đếm on to get one where one needed to go; chúng could only be afforded by the Wealthy class, who could Afford the expensive cả upkeep and the inherent all delays resulted from the use of có a machine tended to break down có time and again. These early Automobiles 5B Frequently required cả vì có repairs than was at an immature stage engineering and là vì unpaved roads in poor condition and often Do. 5C Then, lỗi khi breakdowns, There were no gas stations Roadside như services or tow trucks to assist drivers Needing help trong predicament. Drivers of horse-drawn 5D Considered the horseless carriages foolhardy mode of transportation, preferring to rely on thay ask for their four-legged "engines", mà chúng Considered a more dependable and cost-Tremendously effective means again of getting around. Automobiles in the beginning of the twentieth century quite unlike today's models là. Many of added là electric cars, though the electric models thậm Had quite a limited range and needed to be recharged at electric charging stations Frequently; many others là powered by steam, though it was often Do có drivers of steam required be certified steam cars Due to the dangers inherent engineers operating in a steam-powered machine. The early emphasis on Automobiles am also lacked much body design; in fact, little more often Do They were coal benches on wheels, though by the end of the first decade of the century progressed chúng Had to Leather-upholstered chairs or sofas on wheels That thin little of the incessant pounding Absorbed associated with the movement of những machines. In spite of the rather rough and undeveloped nature of horseless carriages những early, grabbed add something about the People's imagination, and ask for their use Increased rapidly, though not always smoothly. In the first decade of the last century, roads shared by the horse-là and horseless variety of carriages drawn, a situation was rife with problems có strict and required to control the incidents and Measures accidents khi có resulted two modes of transportation là có khác in close proximity used. New York City, for example, horseless vehicles banned from Central Park early in the century Had Been Involved in vì chúng so many accidents, injury or death often Do Causing; then, in 1904, New York state Felt it was cần có to control automobile PLACING traffic speed by 20 miles per hour limits of which areas in open, 15 miles per hour in The Villages, and 10 miles per hour in cities or which areas of congestion. Tuy nhiên, the Measures taken là less a means clustering of limiting use of the automobile and more a way of controlling the effects of an invention có Increased use dramatically in a short period of time Relatively. Under, 5,000 Automobiles là sold in the United States for a total cost of khoảng $ 5 million in 1900, while considerably more cars, 181,000, là sold for $ 215 million in 1910, and by the middle of the 1920s, automobile manufacturing Had Become the top industry in the United States and accounted for 6 percent of the manufacturing in the country.
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