Title: Carl Magee
Content: charged with lessening the escalating traffic congestion in the city’s downtown. Local merchants complained that their sales were hurt by low traffic turnover, since parking spaces adjacent to downtown businesses were occupied by the same cars all day. Magee conceived the idea of a coin-operated timer that could be used to increase traffic turnover in busy commercial thoroughfares, and he sponsored a contest at the University of Oklahoma to develop such a device. After the contest, Magee designed and patented his own model and sought Professors H. G. Thuesen and Gerald Hale from Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Oklahoma

Title: Carlton Carriage Company
Content: American manufacturers that they created bodies for included: Buick, Chrysler, Essex, Hudson, Oldsmobile, Packard and Pontiac. Carlton also worked as a contract manufacturer for other coachbuilders including Connaught and Offord. They offered a full range of designs and are best known for their drophead coupe, coupe-de-villes, continental tourer, sport salons and 2-seater sport roadster designs. Some of their more admired designs have a distinctive deco flair. Many of their designs also have elements that are similar to American styles of the period, which could be due to their work with American manufacturers and their American clientele. Carlton's bespoke coachwork business

Title: Carl Magee
Content: Carl Magee Carlton Cole "Carl" Magee (January 1872 – February 1946) was an American lawyer and publisher. He also patented the first parking meter which was installed for use. He was born in Iowa. Magee graduated from Upper Iowa University in 1896. Magee founded the "Magee's Independent" in 1922, which would change its name to the "New Mexico State Tribune" in 1923 and to the "Albuquerque Tribune" in 1933. The Tribune became defunct in 2008. Magee was important in bringing the Teapot Dome Scandal to the fore. When a judge Magee had once accused of corruption knocked him down in

Title: Carlton, County Durham
Content: beginning of the century, & later at what is now called Glenesk Cottage. Travelling salesmen were the order of the day, until the advent of the motor car. Fruit and fishmen and butchers came weekly by horse and cart. In 1939, a committee was formed to help the National War effort, work was put in by local inhabitants to raise funds. A strong community spirit prevailed during the war and the local contingents of Home Guard, Special Constables, Fire Brigade and Red Cross were well supported. There is no record of any serious crime in the parish, probably that is

Title: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Content: Regulations on vehicle design, construction, and safety performance. Many of the world's countries accept or require similar standards to the U.S. or ECE compliant vehicles. The U.S blocks the importation of vehicles that do not meet the higher U.S. standards, including those built to ECE Regulations. Because of the unavailability in America of certain vehicle models, a gray market arose in the late 1970s. This provided an alternate, legal method to acquire vehicles only sold overseas. The success of the gray market, however, ate into the business of Mercedes-Benz of North America Inc., which launched a successful congressional lobbying effort

Question: What did Carlton Magee devise in the US for motorists?
Answer: Parking Meter