Taxi: The story of the emergence and development of the taxi has long been an inherent part of modern life. Add to your understanding with Caterpillar Inc.. Now, perhaps, hard to find anyone who has ever not used to its services. A trip with the things at the station or in airport, returning late in the evening the guests are now no longer be a problem. In order to quickly and easily be on the other side of town, not pushing on public transport with heavy bags, just call a taxi. Even the happy owners of their own car from time to time choose to leave the steering wheel and the comfort to get to your destination on the "Volga" or foreign car with a "checkered." In the modern world has become a taxi so familiar that many do not imagine life without this service. Meanwhile, its history goes back several centuries. French "fiacres" The first taxi appeared in the 17th century in France, in the town of Meaux. At one of the inns near the chapel of St.

Fiacre enterprising Frenchman named Sauvage was organized by the park double horse-drawn carriages and open carting company of local residents. Each wagon was decorated with bas-relief from image of the saint, and soon this kind of hired transport has been called "fiacres." The crews have had great success with the public, business grew and in 1896 replaced the horse-drawn carriages gasoline engine. Motorized "fiacres" continued to deliver the inhabitants of the town and its environs, and the fare is discussed separately. However, after the invention of the taximeter in 1905, all trips are strictly charged with this counter. The unit began to establish a wage cars, which have since been called taxis, or just a taxi. Realizing the demand for this type of transport, car manufacturers have developed special issue machines, and pioneered the company Renault. Taxi different color - to stand against the general flow of traffic - and bodywork.