The Kill Crank / How One Man Dying Saved Us All

<p>Before 1912, starting a car meant standing in front of it and pulling on a steel handle while the engine decided whether to cooperate. Sometimes it cooperated. Sometimes it broke your wrist, your jaw, or worse. Doctors had a name for the injury. Insurance companies had a category for it. And a whole class of automobile existed for people who wanted no part of the fight.</p><p>This is the story of how that ended.</p><p>Support Overcrest Get Cool Stuff:</p><p>https://www.patreon.com/overcrest</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p></p>