Horseless Carriages facts
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Horsey Horseless, an early car that was equiped with a fake horse head in front to help with the problem of many horses becoming frightened of the new automated horseless carriages. Frightened horses became such a problem that some owners threatened to shoot drivers on sight.
Karl von Drais" invention in 1817 was called the "hobby horse" because he designed it to be a horseless carriage. It was made of wood.
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Horsey Horseless was an early automobile that contained a wooden horse head and neck attached to the front of the car to make it resemble a horse and carriage. It was known to be created in 1899 but no one knows if it was made. The horse head was hollow to hold fuel.
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The Big Crapple: NYC Transit Pollution from Horse Manure to Horseless Carriages - 99% Invisible
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A law in Pennsylvania passed in 1896 that required all motorists driving their "horseless carriages", upon encounters with cattle or livestock to immediately stop the vehicle, and "immediately and as rapidly as possible ... disassemble the automobile"
