Post by DynoDave on Dec 1, 2021 13:15:23 GMT -5
"I always find bits of automotive history like this interesting. I hope you do too." DD
The direct link should work for a week. After that you will have to hunt through the index.
Remembering Ralph Teetor, the Inventor of Cruise Control
"Ralph Teetor was an engineer and inventor who overcame blindness to develop the automotive feature we now know as cruise control, a device that foreshadowed technologies like autonomous vehicles, GPS navigation, hazard automatic braking and lane assist systems.
Born in 1890 in Hagerstown, Indiana, Teetor had normal vision until age five when his hand slipped while working with a knife and the blade penetrated his eye. This resulted in blindness in one eye, however, within a year, a condition known as sympathetic opthalmia, rendered him completely blind."
Read the rest of the story at:
Motor Cities Heritage Area Link
The direct link should work for a week. After that you will have to hunt through the index.
Remembering Ralph Teetor, the Inventor of Cruise Control
"Ralph Teetor was an engineer and inventor who overcame blindness to develop the automotive feature we now know as cruise control, a device that foreshadowed technologies like autonomous vehicles, GPS navigation, hazard automatic braking and lane assist systems.
Born in 1890 in Hagerstown, Indiana, Teetor had normal vision until age five when his hand slipped while working with a knife and the blade penetrated his eye. This resulted in blindness in one eye, however, within a year, a condition known as sympathetic opthalmia, rendered him completely blind."
Read the rest of the story at:
Motor Cities Heritage Area Link
