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On This Day in Automotive History: August 27
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On This Day in Automotive History
August 27
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Birthdays: Tom Orr (1877), Charles Pozzi (1909), Billy Winn (1909), Weldon Adams (1928), Eddie Flemke (1930), Junior Spencer (1937),
Chuck Rider (1940), Ben Twisselman (1940), Alton Jones (1941), Tom Belso (1942), Roger Van der Schrieck (1942), Jim Lineberger (1943), Lowe Smith (1943),
Richard Broome (1944), Roger Laperle (1944), George Smith (1945), Howard Blank (1948), Vince Bellotti (1951), Jose Romero (1951),
Derek Warwick (1954), Dale Singleton (1955), Joe Kosiski (1957), Tom Haacker (1958), Maurizio Sandro Sala (1958), Gerhard Berger (1959), Ronnie McCarson (1961), Eric Cayrolle (1962), Terry Knight (1962), Cavin Councilor (1963), John Fortin (1963), John Moore (1963), Bill Hoff (1964), Karim Ojjeh (1965),
Mark Webber (1976), Brandon Loverock (1977), Chris Bires (1978), Brad Barkis (1982), Tomas Kostka (1984), Maro Engel (1985), Martin McKeefery (1987), Federico Leo (1988), Philipp Frommenwiler (1989), Steven Mathews (1990), Alessio Picariello (1993), Sergey Sirotkin (1995), Lucas Jones (1999), Gracie Trotter (2001), Austin MacDonald (2003)
1947:
National Car Rental was founded by 24 independent rental car agents.
1958: President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs Public Law 85-767, codifying all pertinent portions of existing Federal highway legislation as "Highways" (Title 23, United States Code), "Other Highways," and "General Provisions." Previously, the Federal laws on highways were contained in more than 40 separate enactments, beginning with the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916. Many overlapped, were contradictory, or were obsolete. In response to Section 12 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1954, the Department of Commerce had recommended a draft consolidation law.
1974: Administrator Norbert Tiemann issues an FHWA Bulletin on "Studded Tire Policy" and writes to the Governors, advising them that, "Available information indicates that there is no net safety benefit to be derived from the use of present studded tires." He adds that in view of excessive wear and physical damage to roadway surfaces, State and local consideration of banning or limiting the use of studded tires is warranted.
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