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Parking Meter

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Parking Meter

A meter for parking. Well not really…

  • The parking meter was designed to prevent early workers parking on public streets, which stopped shoppers finding parking spaces.
  • The first parking meter was installed in Oklahoma City on the 16th of July, 1935.
  • The first parking meter fine was given out on August, 1935.
  • The parking meter was invented by Carlton C. Magee in 1932.
  • Some mordern parking meters use solar power.

Parking Meter, Australia, Gray, 0:00, Ten Random Facts

  • On 19 of September, 1960, 344 parking meter fines were handed out in London.
  • In 1992, the Park-O-Meter inc. invented an entirely electronic parking meter, called the Advanced Parking Meter.
  • Church leader, Reverend North, was the first person to get a parking meter fine.
  • The first parking meter looked like a pole with a box on top of it.
  • Before electrical parking meters were invented, people, called traffic wardens or meter maids would stand by a parking meter for assistance.
Bibliography:
Harrison, I 2004, The Book of Inventions, Cassell Illustrated, Great Britian

Four Wheel Drive

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Four Wheel Drive

4×4 – Are you ready for a rocky ride!

  • A four wheel drive is commonly known as a  4×4 (four by four) or a 4WD and the first use of the term ‘4×4’ was used for North american military vehicles in the 1940’s.
  • A four wheel drive is a vehicle that has power from the engine transferred to all four wheels, rather than the common vehicle, where it is transferred only to two wheels.
  • The first four wheel drive car was made in 1903 by Jacobus and Hendrik-Jan Spijker.
  • Four wheel drive vehicles are designed to travel on soft and muddy terrain as well as on normal road surfaces.
  • 4×4 vehicles have  different suspension to normal cars, which means there is more wheel travel and space between the bottom of the car and the terrain.Four Wheel Drive, 4WD, 4X4, Janowen Hills 4WD Park, Old Quarry, Patrol
  • 4x4s and SUVs (Sports Utility Vehicles) have the fastest growing vehicle production rate in the world.
  • 4x4s usually have a high and low gearbox allowing the vehicle to drive at slow or fast speeds depending on the terrain.
  • Some four wheel drive vehicles are developed to always be in 4WD mode. Older 4x4s have a 2WD and 4WD mode, meaning you have to switch to 2WD mode whenever on hard surfaces.
  • Jeeps and Land Rovers are the most famous four wheel drive vehicles.
  • Often four wheel drive owners spend lots of money on their vehicle, which sometimes exceeds the value of the vehicle.
Bibliography:
Four-wheel Drive19 November 2012, Wikipedia, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-wheel_drive>
Graham, I 2006, Cars and Bikes, QED Publishing, United Kingdom
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