40 Rare Car Facts Most Drivers Never Heard About

Have you ever wondered what the world’s most favorite car color is? No, it’s not puce. How much of your car is recyclable? Or why does your turn signal make this annoying clicking sound?

By the way, did you know that electric cars aren’t a recent invention? In 1900, almost 40% of all cars were electric. Around 40% of vehicles were powered by steam, and a bit more than 20% were fueled by gasoline!

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TIMESTAMPS:
Special lever instead of a wheel 0:31
The heaviest limousine 0:39
The lowest street-legal car 1:01
The smell of a new car is... dangerous? 1:30
The world’s first speeding ticket 1:54
The largest speeding fine 3:26
The world’s most loved cars 4:13
Airbags’ speed 4:50
Teddy bears in police cars 6:17
Mercedes-Benz star 6:38
The world’s cheapest car 7:29
The first car radio 8:23
A zombie survival kit 8:46

SUMMARY:
- The average family car spends 95% of its lifetime parked.
- A dashboard was originally a wooden part attached to the front of a carriage pulled by a horse.
- More than 250 million car tires are thrown away every year.
- The world’s first speeding ticket was issued in 1904. The offender was going at a speed of 12 miles per hour in the area with a speed limit of 8 miles per hour.
- The average driver spends 5 months of their life waiting in their car at red lights.
- In 1960, $3,000 would have bought you a brand-new car, for example, Buick Le Sabre.
- When asked, more than 90% of drivers confess they regularly sing behind the wheel.
- Up to 75% of all the Rolls Royce cars ever made are still on the road these days!
- The largest speeding fine ever was a reported $290,000 ticket a Swiss motorist got in Switzerland.
- There are about 1.2 billion cars in the world these days. For comparison, in 1986, there were only 500 million.
- The last car that still had a cassette player was the Ford Crown Victoria in 2011.
- The three-point seat belt saves one life every six minutes. By the way, this safety measure was invented by Volvo in 1959.
- Almost 80% of the average car is recyclable. In some countries, automobile recycling is one of the largest industries.
- White is the world’s most favorite car color.
- Several decades ago, Japan was the world’s leading car manufacturer. These days, it’s only the third — after China and the USA.
- Not more than 65% of the world’s population drive on the right side of the road.
- Driver surveys show that 16% of all car owners never wash their cars
- When Mary Anderson invented the first effective windshield wipers, they were considered an unnecessary distraction until drivers realized they were game changers.

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[BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL]

So, guys... What would you put in a zombie survival kit? 😉

[vividdreams]

Honestly I like the blinker noise helps me not to forget to turn it off.

[jimmyguy]

The bi-metal spring in a directional signal flasher unit heats up when current flows through it causing it to bend (click) and break the electrical connection. Once the current stops, it then cools down and bends back into it's original shape (clack) allowing current to flow, repeating the cycle. Most newer vehicles these days (the past few decades) have solid-state signal flasher units, or the directionals are computer controlled so the click-clack sound that you hear in most modern vehicles, is made artificially.

[calebanderson]

My turn signal makes a sound because I actually use it, too bad most people don’t hear that sound

[AaronKelley]

Mercedes makes automotive, aircraft and marine engines which is the reason for the land, sea, air dominance.

[FrancisLuis]

Hello bright side!
I love the videos.

[selectinput]

“Cars are equipped with a steering wheel”

Thanks bro, I’m ready to take my driving test now

[dmitrijkoseliov]

BMW logo has nothing to do with propeller. White and blue checkers came from Bavarian flag colors and represent the company's origin.

[jonathangregg]

People where I live don't know how to use the turn signals so they wouldn't know what it sounds like lol

[colearcilla]

Very true fact: The average BMW spends most of its life without a turn signal ever turned on

[mp]

3:20 Only one of those cars is Rolls-Royce. The second one is an Horch (part of Auto Union), the third is an MG.

[joejoseph]

4:50. They should have also mentioned that you should not be closer than 12 inches to the steering wheel when you drive because you will be hit by the air bag as it deploys at 200MPH and that causes a lot of neck and head trauma. The idea is that the forward momentum will make you hit the airbag after is has deployed. If the airbag hits you as it deploys it is going to hurt you. And you should never drive with your hand(s) at 12 O'clock because your wrist is in the inflation zone and your wrist will get hit by the airbag moving at 200MPH and it will break. And people who ride in the passenger seat with their feet on the dash board end up with broken ankles and dislocated hips. As a nurse I have seen all of these types of injuries.

[blainederouen]

1960 Buick LeSabre, he was showing a 1970 model. As far as the clicking noise, it's a relay circuit opening and closing.

[parsifal]

I love your use of kitties for weight comparisons because I love cats!!

[UsamaJaffery]

6:40 Mercedes, produces not just cars or trucks for land, they manufacture engines for ships to sail in sea and for jets in the airs as well.

[Jjwu]

Bright side has been very interesting and the one with knowledge I hope you keep making informational videos thanks for the affords 🙂

[Ravenspeed]

This video is perfect to play while looking for other videos, the audio is enough lol.

[dinglebarry]

Mercedes makes engines: marine and airplane, not to mention truck and car engines. Maybe that’s what the three pointed star (land, sea and air) refers to?

[davefieramosca]

Statistics show that most people don't know how to drive a car, my research is based on daily driving. So I'm going to wrap my car in bubble wrap.

[jonsanserino]

Very Interesting! However, you got the turn signal principle exactly backwards - the spring is a straight leaf, normally making contact - when you turn on the signal, current flows, heating the spring and it bends over, braking the contact. Then it cools off, it straightens, and makes contact, starting over.