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Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Automobile (2862 words) |
 | The first American automobiles with gasoline-powered internal combustion engines were completed in 1877 by George Baldwin Selden of Rochester, New York, who applied for and a patent on the automobile in 1879. |
| Automobiles were a significant improvement in safety on a per passenger mile basis, over the horse based travel that they replaced. |
| The first recorded automobile fatality was Bridget Driscoll on August 17, 1896 in London and the first in the United States was Henry Bliss on September 13, 1899 in New York City. |
| Information Availability: An Update (1593 words) |
| ASA "marched" on Washington and members met with their congressmen to convince them that the issue needed to be resolved. |
| ASA and the automakers did meet, and from that came the historic agreement in 2002 in which manufacturers vowed to make the same information, tools and training available to independent repairers that is available to dealers. |
| ASA is concerned that there might be extreme delays if repairers have to rely on the federal government to provide service information rather than a voluntary industry agreement monitored by the automobile manufacturers, independent repairers and aftermarket suppliers. |
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