GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Sep. 2, 1957

We-Drive-It. Perfect Circle Corp. has developed a speed-control device which automatically drives a car at a steady, preset speed. Planned as optional equipment on 1958 Chryslers, Speedostat electrically links the foot-throttle, carburetor and transmission to a dashboard dial on which the driver sets the speed he wants. In emergencies, he can instantly break automatic control by touching the brake pedal.

Skid proof Streets. Roads and driveways can be skidproofed with a liquid resin binder developed by Shell Chemical Corp. and Reliance Products Co. Relcote is applied like any enamel paint, also protects roadbed from freezing, thawing and salts. Cost: $2.50...

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