One Hand on the Wheel (1955)

Michael Dalton, E.S.B. controller in the Ballyshannon Power Station invented a new smoking aid. Realising how distracting it can be when the driver of the car starts fumbling in his pocket for his packet of cigarettes, he produced a neat little bracket which holds the cigarette packet and the matchbox open, and the whole gadget is held neatly and secure by two suction cups on the dashboard in front of the driver.  The invention enables the driver to extract a cigarette, and to light the match while keeping one hand on the wheel.

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