Tag: young drivers

The bicycle was introduced in the 19th century in Europe by German Inventor Karl von Drais. He is credited with developing the first bicycle. He introduced it to the people in Paris in 1818. It is supposed to originate from the human-powered vehicle called Draisines. Drais invented a walking machine that would help him get around the royal gardens faster. It was known by many names, including the “velocipede,” “dandy horse,” “hobby-horse,” “draisine” and “running machine. It had no pedals and its frame was a wooden beam. It had two same-size in-line wheels with the front one steerable and mounted in a frame which was straddled. In 1839, Kirkpatrick MacMillan, a Scottish blacksmith, allegedly completed construction of a pedal driven…

This is a slow-moving bicycle safety film shot in Glendale and Burbank, California by a family-owned film production company. It encourages boys and girls to “drive their bicycles” and prepare for becoming automobile drivers by learning to practice the “rules of the road.” This film provides good views of the mid-1950s suburban Southern California landscape.