60 years ago - in the Automobil-Revue of January 24, 1951
01/24/2011
Not only "the dangers of drunk driving" were a topic 60 years ago, more precisely in the Automobil-Revue of January 24, 1951, but also the Cape Town-Algiers Rally, which, with a total distance of over 15,000 km, represented an enormous challenge for participants and vehicles.
In any case, Peugeot immediately used the results achieved to advertise its own cause, i.e. to promote the obviously robust Peugeot 203.
An essay on "the character of the final stage of the Monte Carlo Rally", which can be found on page 5, is scientifically sound and also interesting for rally drivers.
An interesting article can be found on page 9 under the title "Thorny parking problem in the USA".
The description of the symptoms reads as follows:
An exaggerated formulation of the parking problem comes from an American urban planner who said a few years ago: "Soon we will have to decide whether our cities should be inhabited by cars or by people." At least in terms of numbers, in some areas and at some times of the day, cars seem to outnumber people; they form veritable car forts that line the sides of the road in an unbroken front, leaving only a tiny gap here and there through which frightened pedestrians can sprint across the street.
However, the complaints do not only come from pedestrians - most pedestrians in the USA, when they are not pedestrians, are also drivers. The accusations from other sides are much more serious. The fire department protests that the long chains of often double double-row parked cars make it difficult for them to maneuver the long fire engines. The street cleaning authorities refrain from fighting their way to the garbage cans or possibly removing garbage from under and between parked cars. The loudest protests come from the drivers themselves. Everyone who parks their car somewhere must have used it beforehand, and the transition from driving to parking creates problems that are not included in any driver's test. In the larger cities in particular, the following mental calculation is the order of the day: "It takes me half an hour to get to 23rd Street. It will take me another half an hour to park - if I'm lucky." So, if you can, you use the bus or the tram, underground or suburban railroad.
And that was 60 years ago, so the little Kaiser Henry J was a good fit, because with its reduced parking space it was perhaps able to defuse the situation a little.
And then there was the advertisement with which an unknown seller offered his Maserati racing car (6 cylinders, 1500. compressor, low-slung tubular frame chassis. In immaculate condition. Wonderful machine. ....) for 10,000 francs under code 26186.
It's been a long time!
