Today I Found Out

The Blind Man Who Invented Cruise Control (2016x140)

: 14, 2016

→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_conf→’t See Faces https://youtu.be/TctLmlLQhAg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP01NqW8KRpOy-_y2m6S2VEF Why are Harley Davidson Motorcycles So Loud? https://youtu.be/TB7ySTE2QtY?list=PLR0XuDegDqP0GESJ0DgpgTcThLJVEbFs8 In this video: While speed governing systems have been around on automobiles almost as long as they have existed (the first known one was installed on a Wilson-Pilcher car in 1900) and similar systems have been around long before that to control steam engines (as far back as the 17th century), the invention of the modern cruise control system is credited to inventor and Automotive Hall of Famer, Ralph Teetor- a man who couldn’t actually drive due to being completely blind. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/11/blind-man-created-cruise-control/ Sources: http://www.cruise-in.com/resource/cismar08.htm http://www.sae.org/news/awards/list/teetor/teetteet.htm http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/11/blind-man-created-cruise-control/rnation.com/historical-perspective/cruise-control-inventor-creates-product-he-cant-use/ http://www.evi.com/q/facts_about__ralph_teetor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruise_control http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blcruisecontrol.htm http://auto.howstuffworks.com/cruise-control.htm http://www.automotivehalloffame.org/inductee/ralph-teetor/134/