WHAT YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT CARS AND DRIVING

A TAXI DRIVER IN GREECE HAS RECORDED

THE HIGHEST MILEAGE EVER ON A MERCEDES

AT NEARLY 3 MILLION MILES. HE DONATED HIS

CAR TO A MUSEUM AND WAS GIVEN A NEW ONE

BRIDGET DRISCOLL OF THE UK BECAME THE FIRST

VICTIM OF A CAR CRASH. SHE WAS HIT BY A CAR

TRAVELLING 4MPH

IN MANY EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, YOUR CAR HEADLIGHTS

CAN NEVER BE TURNED OFF, EVEN DURING THE DAY

THE FIRST CAR TO HAVE A REAR VIEW MIRROR WAS

DRIVEN BY RAY HARROUN DURING THE INDY 500

IN 1911 SO HE COULD SEE HIS COMPETITORS

CATCHING UP TO HIM

IN 2002 NUMEROUS CALLERS REPORTED HAVING SEEN

A CAR RUN OFF THE ROAD NEAR SURREY.  POLICE

ARRIVED AND FOUND NO SIGN OF A CRASH OR EVEN

A CAR. THEY EVENTUALLY DID FIND A CAR, HOWEVER,

(AND A DECOMPOSED DRIVER) IN THE DITCH BUT

THEY DETERMINED THAT THE CAR HAD CRASHED

MORE THAN 5 MONTHS AGO

IN 2004, WHEN OPRAH GAVE HER AUDIENCE CARS

FOR FREE…THEY WEREN'T REALLY FREE. EACH NEW

OWNER HAD TO PAY ABOUT $6,000 IN INCOME TAX

TO INSTANTANEOUSLY COOL YOUR HOT CAR DOWN,

ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW ON ONE SIDE AND

OPEN/CLOSE THE OPPOSITE DOOR SEVERAL TIMES

THE GAS GUZZLER TAX IN THE US THAT WAS MEANT

TO DETER PEOPLE FROM DRIVING FUEL HEAVY

VEHICLES ONLY APPLIES TO CARS AND NOT SUVS

OR VANS. THIS IS BECAUSE BACK IN 1978 WHEN THE

LAW WAS PASSED, VANS AND SUVS WEREN'T OFTEN

USED AS PASSENGER VEHICLES. THE LAW HAS

YET TO BE UPDATED