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Show I FIRST SPEED DEMON DUDE 12 MILES am II In 1S90 automobiles were excluded I from the public streets of Boston froui I; 10:30 o'clock In tho morning until -9 1 o'clock In the evening. - The first pub- I, lie garage of record, where motor cars ' could be stored, repaired or rented. I; was opened in Boston early in the l spring of that year, I The United States army made its I first experiments with armored motor ll cars in the summer of 1S99. The first autoraobilo insurance company in this i'l country was started in New York city 'If in 1899. Jacob German was the first V man arrested in New York city for I exceeding the speed limit In a motor I vehicle. In May, 1S9D, he drove I down Lexington avenue at the ter- I rifle speed of twelve miles an hour. I Motor cars were used as early as I- 1S96 to bring voters to the polls dur- J. t ing elections. jl The present king of England, king l George V, placed his stamp of ap- jr proval upon tho motor car In 1900, jj I when ho took up motoring for tho Ijjl first .time Chovrolet Review. |