Top facts about cars that you propubly didn't know about.

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  •  World's first speeding ticket was issued in 1902 for driving at 13 kmph. 

  • In 1891, the world's first car accident occurred. 

  • There are around 1 billion cars currently in use which means 1 car for every 7 people. 

  • More than 50 million cars are produced each. That's around 165,000 an hour or 115 every minute. 

  • A guy in Sweden was caught doing 180mph. In Sweden speeding fines are proportional to the amount someone earns and it is calculated around €1,000,000 which is the most expensive speeding ticket till date. 

  • On average a car contains about 30,000 individual parts. 

  • Roughly 25% of the cars on UK's roads are made in China. 

  • 3 of every 4 cars made by Rolls Royce are still on the road driving perfectly. 

  • Working on a Ford escort on 21th November, 1985 a group mechanic set the record for the fastest engine removing and replacing. The time was 42 seconds. 

  • Ralph Teetor, a blind man who hated that his driver was accelerating and decelerating frequently during rides, so he invented a thing called cruise control. 

  • On average an American speeds about two weeks of his life sitting at the DMV. 

  • Well most people won't believe this but the odds of dying in a car is around 1 in 5000 where in a plane that is 1 in 11 million, which means travelling in a plane is much safer than travelling in cars. 

  • The first electric car was made 190 years ago. So, electric cars are not that new. 

  • The highest mileage clocked on a car is 2,850,000 miles. That is equivalent to circulating the earth about 100 times. 

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