debates, horse versus motorcar |
del Pilar, Gregorio, 215 |
Delfino, Clodualdo (Clod), 230–231 |
Desert Fox (Erwin Rommel), 187–188 |
diffusion. See also similarities |
general theories on automotive, 10–12, 16–18, 20, 24, 28–31, 34, 38 |
of horseless carriages and commercial automobiles, 53, 133–135 |
dilemmas |
of early carriage makers, 85–86 |
on ideal cavalry car specifications, 169–173 |
disadvantages |
of civilian motorcars and horseless carriages, 2, 57–72, 78–81 |
of loosing the horse, 80–81 |
of using commercial cars for military purposes, 162, 169–171, 174 |
domestication |
defined, 37–38 |
drivers and owners. See also automobiles, early adopters of; chauffeurs |
children, 101–103 |
insane asylum for, 77 |
jockey-outfitted, 128 |
punishing reckless, 76–77 |
training course for, 106–107 |
unrecognizable, 60–63 |
driving education and schools |
for chauffeurs, 76 |
humorous story on, 144n188 |
for jeep drivers in the cavalry, 182–185 |
teaching driving as similar to handling horses, 106–107 |
for women, 126 |