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The trip was officially forbidden and Benz risked a penalty. There were no suitable roads and signs, only a few signposts. It was life-threatening because of the fragility of the car and the road conditions.
Aug 12, 2010 · 1888: Berta Benz, wife of inventor Karl Benz, takes her husband’s car on the first documented road trip in an automobile. The trip would also include the first road repairs, the first automotive...
Bertha Benz changed automotive history by packing her two teenage sons into a car and driving to her mother’s house. It doesn’t exactly sound impressive, but the year was 1888.
Bertha Benz takes world's first long-distance trip in an automobile. The Benz Patent Motor Car covers the 180-kilometer trip ; from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back without any problems; The pioneering activity paves the way for the automobile; In August 1888, Bertha Benz drove from Mannheim to Pforzheim with her two sons in the Patent Motor Car ...
Apr 16, 2019 · Determined to prove her theory, one August morning in 1888 she quietly roused her two teenage sons for a journey of a lifetime. They were to take the automobile on its very first long-distance journey – from their home in Mannheim to her mother’s house in Pforzheim, 56 miles away.
Jan 6, 2023 · In 2008 she became an official tourist attraction with the opening of the Bertha Benz Memorial Route, an officially approved 194 kilometres of road marking her trip to and from Pforzheim. The pharmacy in Wiesloch is on the route at the ‘first filling station in the world.’
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Until now, Mrs. Benz has been most famous for her legendary role as the first person to take long-distance automotive road trip, traveling from Mannheim to Pforzheim in August 1888 with her two sons Richard and Eugen, unbeknownst to her husband.
