Strange Facts About Cars

10 Strangest Car Facts... 1 The first speeding ticket was issued in 1896 to a man

named Walter Arnold in the UK. He was driving at 8 mph in a 2 mph zone.

The officer chased him down on a bicycle! 2 In 1924, a German man named Rudolf Caracciola

won a major race after his car ran out of fuel. His mechanic poured a whole bottle of

cognac into the tank as a makeshift fuel substitute, allowing him to finish the race

(and win). 3 The maximum legal speed limit in some parts of Montana (USA) until 1995

was "reasonable and prudent," which essentially meant there was no fixed daytime speed limit.

4 The average car contains approximately 30,000 individual parts (counting every bolt,