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...Drive-It. Perfect Circle Corp. has developed a speed-control device which automatically drives a car at a steady, preset speed. Planned as optional equipment on 1958 Chryslers, Speedostat electrically links the foot-throttle, carburetor and transmission to a dashboard dial on which the driver sets the speed he wants. In emergencies, he can instantly break automatic control by touching the brake pedal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Sep. 2, 1957 | 9/2/1957 | See Source »

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