Ukuba namhlanje isantya sesantya siqhelekile kwaye ukugqithwa kuso kusenokuthetha ukuhlawuliswa okanye kwanokungavunyelwa ekuqhubeni, ngeentsuku zokuqala zemoto, ngokungaqhelekanga, imeko yayifana.
Kwaye xa ndibhekisa “kukuqala kwemoto”, zisiqalo ngokwenene. Ngamanye amazwi, kusekho inkulungwane. I-XIX, ngo-1896, ishumi leminyaka elincinane emva kokubonakala kwe "inqwelo engenamahashe" yokuqala.
Njengoko unokucinga, iimoto ezijikelezayo zazimbalwa kakhulu. Noko ke, eLondon, kwakusele kukho imida yesantya kwiimoto. Yaye phawula ukuba, imida yayingaphantsi nje ngokungaqhelekanga—iikhilomitha nje ezimbini ngeyure (3.2 km/h)—kodwa indoda kwakuza kufuneka “isuse” indlela ephambi kwemoto, ngeenyawo (!), ize itshangatshangise iBomvu iflegi. Iluncedo, akunjalo?
UWalter Arnold, phakathi kweminye imisebenzi, wafumana ilayisenisi yokukwazi ukuvelisa iimoto zeBenz, ukudala i-Arnold Motor Carriage, yayiza kuhla kwimbali njengomqhubi wokuqala ukuba ahlawuliswe ngenxa yesantya. Imoto yakho, ibiziwe UArnold Benz , yathathwa kwi-Benz 1 1/2 hp iVelo.
Ukonakala kwakungabangelwanga nje kuphela kukungabikho komntu owayephethe iflegi ebomvu, kodwa nangenxa yesantya awayehamba ngaso, esasiphindaphindeka kane kunesantya esivumelekileyo— “esothuka” iikhilomitha ezisibhozo ngeyure (12.8 km/). h). Uphambene! Wayebhukishwe lipolisa elalihamba nge… ibhayisekile.
Njengesiphumo sokuxhaphaza e-Paddock Green e-Kent, u-Arnold wagwetywa waza wenziwa ukuba ahlawule isheleni kunye neendleko zolawulo. Okumangalisayo kukuba, kungekudala emva koko isantya siza kunyuka siye ku-14 mph (22.5 km/h) kwaye umphathi weflegi ebomvu uya kubhangiswa kumthetho.
Ukubhiyozela le nyaniso, umdyarho weemoto waququzelelwa ukusuka eLondon ukuya eBrighton, owaziwa ngokuba yi-Emancipation Race, apho uWalter Arnold wathatha inxaxheba. Olu gqatso lusaqhubeka nanamhla oku, lujolise kwizithuthi eziveliswe kude kube ngunyaka ka-1905.
Imoto apho uWalter Arnold wahlawuliswa khona iya kuboniswa kulo nyaka (NDR: 2017, unyaka wokupapashwa kwenqaku lokuqala) i-Concours of Elegance, eyenzeka kwi-Hampton Court Palace ngoSeptemba ozayo. I-Counterpoint ukuya ku-Arnold Benz, i-Jaguar XJR-9 eyaphumelela i-Le Mans ngo-1988, kunye ne-McLaren F1 GTR kunye nepeyinti ye-Harrods nayo iya kuboniswa, nangona oku akuyi kuboniswa.