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Originally Posted by Brother Hesekiel
I wonder what cup holders Model A drivers used back in the day. Surely they too would needed to drink something, sometimes, most likely even out of a cup. How did they do it?
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I doubt Model A drivers ever had, or ever gave any thought to, any kind of cup holder at the time, except for their own hands. Add 3 or 4 decades for later cars too. Cars didn't start coming with built-in cup holders until the 1970s, although some earlier ones had indents in the glove box door where you could set a cup, but certainly couldn't drive and have it stay there.
No disposable cups with lids, and certainly no Styrofoam cups of any sort. People used Thermos bottles, poured a little bit into the cup, drank it, put the cup back on the top of the Thermos bottle. The passenger would pour some for the driver; the driver would drink and hand it back to the passenger. Same with cigarettes--passenger would light one for the driver and hand it over.
No distracted driving reaching for things; and therefore, no need for more than one taillight either.
