Uma namuhla imingcele yejubane ivamile futhi ukuyeqa kungase kusho inhlawulo noma ngisho nokuhoxiswa ekushayeleni, ezinsukwini zokuqala zemoto, ngokuxakile, isimo sasifana.
Futhi uma ngibhekisela “ekuqaleni kwemoto”, kuyiziqalo ngempela. Ngamanye amazwi, namanje ekhulwini. XIX, ngo-1896, ishumi leminyaka elincane ngemva kokuvela "kwenqola engenahhashi" yokuqala.
Njengoba ungase ucabange, izimoto ezazijikeleza zazimbalwa kakhulu. Nokho, eLondon, kakade kwase kunemingcele yejubane lezimoto. Futhi qaphela, kwakungekhona nje kuphela ukuthi imingcele yayiphansi ngokungenangqondo - amamayela amabili nje ngehora (3.2 km/h) - kodwa indoda kwakuzodingeka "ivule" indlela ephambi kwemoto, ngezinyawo (!), bese inyakazisa Okubomvu ifulege. Iwusizo, akunjalo?
UWalter Arnold, okuthe phakathi kweminye imisebenzi, wathola ilayisense yokukwazi ukukhiqiza izimoto zeBenz, nokwakha i-Arnold Motor Carriage, uzongena emlandweni njengomshayeli wokuqala ukuhlawuliswa ngenxa yokuhamba ngesivinini esiphezulu. Imoto yakho, ibiziwe U-Arnold Benz , ithathwe ku-Benz 1 1/2 hp Velo.
Ukonakala kwakungabangelwanga nje kuphela ukungabibikho kwendoda eyayiphethe ifulegi elibomvu, kodwa nangenxa yejubane eyayihamba ngalo, elalishesha ngokuphindwe kane kunejubane elivunyelwe - "eyamangala" ngamamayela ayisishiyagalombili ngehora (12.8 km/). h). Uhlanya! Wayebhukhelwe iphoyisa elalihamba… ngebhayisikili.
Ngenxa yokuxhashazwa kwase-Paddock Green e-Kent, u-Arnold walahlwa yicala futhi wakhokhelwa usheleni kanye nezindleko zokuphatha. Okuxakayo, maduzane ngemva kwalokho umkhawulo wejubane uzokhuphukela ku-14 mph (22.5 km/h) futhi ophethe ifulegi elibomvu uzoyesulwa emthethweni.
Ukugubha leli qiniso, kwahlelwa umjaho wezimoto osuka eLondon uye eBrighton, owaziwa ngokuthi umjaho Wokukhululwa, lapho u-Walter Arnold abambe iqhaza khona. Lo mjaho usaqhubeka nanamuhla, okuhloswe ngawo izimoto ezikhiqizwa kuze kube unyaka ka-1905.
Imoto lapho u-Walter Arnold ahlawuliswa khona izovezwa oshicilelweni lwalo nyaka (NDR: 2017, unyaka wokushicilelwa kwasekuqaleni) kwe-Concours of Elegance, ezokwenzeka e-Hampton Court Palace ngoSepthemba ozayo. I-Counterpoint to Arnold Benz, iJaguar XJR-9 eyawina iLe Mans ngo-1988, kanye neMcLaren F1 GTR enopende weHarrods nazo zizokhonjiswa, nakuba lokhu kungeke kuboniswe.