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A strong argument could be made that Ralph Teetor is responsible for what is now called autonomous driving.
Blind since he was a young boy, Teetor invented cruise control in the 1940s. It was one of more than 40 patents granted to a native of Indiana who died in 1982.
Teetor will be inducted posthumously into the National Inventors Hall of Fame on May 9 in Washington, D.C.
Jack Teetor, the inventor’s great-nephew, is our guest this week on The Weekly Driver Podcast.
Co-hosts Bruce Aldrich and James Raia discuss with Teetor the family legacy and the fascinating life of his great-uncle.
Teetor has spent many years making the documentary film “Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story.” Screenings of the film are scheduled throughout the county in the coming months.
As Teetor shares, his great-uncle was remembered primarily for his invention of cruise control. But his life was remarkable in many ways.
In our interview, Teetor details the circumstances of his great uncle’s blindness and well as how the disability didn’t stop the inventor from achieving his goals.
Please join us for an intriguing episode on Ralph R. Teetor and presented by Jack Teetor.
For more information about Jack or Ralph Teetor, visit: www.blindlogicproductions.com.
For more information about the National Inventors Hall of Fame, visit: https://www.invent.org
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Hosted by James Raia and Bruce Aldrich, The Weekly Driver Podcast dives deep into the highways and byways of the automotive world. Each week, we put you in the driver’s seat, exploring unique, unusual, and often untold stories from across the industry’s spectrum.
Article Last Updated: February 5, 2024.
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A sports, travel and business journalist for more than 45 years, James has written the new car review column The Weekly Driver since 2004.
In addition to founding this site in 2004, James writes a Sunday automotive column for The San Jose Mercury and East Bay Times in Walnut Creek, Calif., and monthly auto review and wellness columns for Gulfshore Business, a magazine in Southwest Florida.
An author and contributor to many newspapers, magazines and online publications, co-hosted The Weekly Driver Podcast from 2017 to 2024.
