Kuba kukho amaxesha embalini afanele ukukhunjulwa, siyakhumbula ukuba ngubani owasungula imoto kwaye ngubani owayiqhuba kuqala. Isipho esifanelekileyo siza ngevidiyo emfutshane ekhumbula i-adventure eyenziwa nguBertha Benz, ekupheleni kwenkulungwane. XIX, ngokuthe ngqo ngo-Agasti ka-1888.
Umfazi kaKarl Benz, umqambi wemoto yokuqala ebizwa ngokuba yiMotorwagen, wagqiba ekubeni abonise umyeni wakhe ubunyaniso bembono eyayenziwe ngumyeni wakhe, ngomngcipheko nangeendleko zakhe. Intsapho yakwaBenz yayisele ityale imali eninzi "kwimoto", yokuqala emhlabeni. Ngokokuqonda kuka-Bertha, imoto yomyeni wakhe inokuba yimpumelelo enkulu yorhwebo.
Yithi ewe kungaziwa.
Engazi ukuba umyeni wakhe kunye nesithuthi esasemthethweni, uBertha Benz wagqiba ekubeni athathe uhambo emva kwevili leMotorwagen Model III. Ukusuka eMannheim ukuya ePforzheim (eJamani) wagubungela i-106 yeekhilomitha - uhambo lokuqala olude kakhulu olwenziwe ngemoto.
Ucelomngeni lwalungelula. U-Bertha Benz wajongana neengxaki ezininzi kolu hambo kwaye ubukrelekrele bakhe kuphela bamvumela, umzekelo, ukuba enze enye yealloyi zakhe awayezibophelele ngazo iikawusi zakhe, isisombululo sokugquma, okanye asebenzise i-hairpin yakhe ukuze avule umbhobho wamafutha.
Bephelekwa ngabantwana babo uRichard, 13, kunye no-Eugene, 15, umfazi kaKarl Benz wenza i-refueling yokuqala kwimbali ye-Automobile, xa, ngelixa wayedlula kwisixeko saseWiesloch, kwafuneka athenge amafutha amaninzi kwikhemisti yasekuhlaleni. Into eyenze ukuba esi sikhululo samafutha sokuqala embalini.
Ephantsi ngamandla kunye nokutshisa ngokugqithisileyo ngomzamo, i-injini ye-Motorwagen Model III nayo kwafuneka iphole rhoqo ngamanzi ngexesha lohambo, kunye noRichard no-Eugene ukuba batyhale isithuthi phezulu kwi-slopeest.
Nangona kunjalo, kwaye ngokutsho kwembali, uBertha Benz kunye nabantwana bakhe bade bafikelela ePforzheim, apho umfazi kaKarl Benz wathumela khona ucingo, exelela umyeni wakhe impumelelo yeli nyathelo. Emva kweentsuku ezimbalwa kweso sixeko saseJamani, uBertha Benz wabuyela eMannheim, kwiMotorwagen Model III efanayo, ngaloo ndlela eqalisa “i-adventure” ebiqhubeka iminyaka engaphezu kwe-100.
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