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trulyvintage 02-08-2026 12:10 PM

Chadwick Safety Automatic Road Guide Circa 1911
 

You need a human navigator on board
with a degree in education to figure this out


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Jim

GB SISSON 02-08-2026 05:55 PM

Re: Chadwick Safety Automatic Road Guide Circa 1911
 

Jim, Now I've seen Everything. With a few yards of clothesline and a couple of pulleys you could connect this thing to the steering wheel (or tiller) and then you woulda had the precursor to today's holy grail, the 'self driving vehicle'.

cas3 02-08-2026 11:37 PM

Re: Chadwick Safety Automatic Road Guide Circa 1911
 

That is quite a gadget, considering the poor maps of the day it must have been quite an undertaking to program the thing.


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