Road Transport Innovations

  • A steam car: William Murdoch (1754-1839)
  • Tarmac roads: John Loudon McAdam (1756-1836)
  • Driving on the left: Determined by a Scottish-inspired Act of Parliament in 1772
  • The pedal bicycle: Kirkpatrick Macmillan (1813-1878)
  • The pneumatic tyre: Robert William Thomson (1822-1873) and John Boyd Dunlop (1840-1921)
  • The speedometer: Sir Keith Elphinstone (1864-1944)
  • The motor lorry: John Yule in 1870
  • The steam tricycle: Andrew Lawson in 1895

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