Americans are easily the biggest car drivers on earth.
There are now about 110 million cars on the road in this country, or about one for every two persons! And that’s not including about 30 million buses and trucks. Altogether, about 140 million Americans have driving licenses!
The first traffic light in America was set up in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1914!
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