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On This Day in Automotive History: May 2

On This Day in Automotive History
May 2

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Birthdays: Ben Lawwell (1888), Count de Marguenat (1893), Sonny Black (1926), Peter Jopp (1928), Paul Magee (1928), Brian Joscelyne (1934), Jacques Bienvenue (1938), Tony Adamowicz (1941), John Goss (1943), Jimmy Hindman (1944), Eugen Strahl (1944), Dany Snobeck (1946), Marco Vanoli (1949), Steve Burgess (1950), Patrick Oudet (1950), Robert Ham (1955), Robb Gravett (1956), Danny Wyatt (1958), Brent Elliott (1959), Chris Bye (1960), Philip Collin (1963), Max Schmidt (1964), Masami Kageyama (1967), Allan Ziegelman (1967), Kevin Gobrecht (1969), Chris Ross (1970), Buzz Calkins (1971), Andy Ponstein (1976), Tacksung Kim (1977), Rolf Ineichen (1978), Ken Butler III (1982), Michael Almond (1984), Kyle Busch (1985), Patrick Hamel (1989), Albert Costa (1990), Tyler English (1990), Andrew Krause (1990), Samuele Buttarelli (1992), Dominic Scelzi (1997), Parker Price-Miller (1998)

1943: A B-25 medium bomber makes an emergency landing on a flight strip being constructed under PRA's flight strip program in an unspecified Atlantic Coastal State. At least 10 U.S. flight strips have figured in emergency landings during the course of their construction.

1967: Director of Public Roads Frank Turner issues Instructional Memorandum 30-6-67, "Utilities--Scenic Enhancement," covering utility facilities in scenic strips, overlooks, rest areas, landscaped areas, and other areas of roadside development or scenic enhancement.

1986: Administrator Ray Barnhart issues a bulletin transmitting The Flexibility Document, which highlights the flexibility available in the project development process under current regulations and statutes. The document was developed by an interoffice work group that included staff from the Offices of Highway Planning, Environmental Policy, Right-of-Way, Engineering, and Chief Counsel.

1995: The song “The Car” by Jeff Carson was released on his self-titled album.

1997: The film Breakdown was released.

2010: Alan Boyd, the first U.S. Secretary of Transportation (1967-1969), visits FHWA's Division Office in Washington State. Now living in Seattle, Boyd talks about the Department's origins and its early years, including the evolution of social and environmental consciousness. He tells Division staff that the three main reasons for creating DOT were: safety, coordination among agencies, and protection of the environment.

2017: The South Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport gave permission to Samsung Electronics to start automated vehicle testing.