It had to start somewhere

Everyone agrees that car rides settle fussy children, and it seems like it has always been that way. This was certainly true in the 1960’s when our parents would lay us across the bench seat and cruise around on 30 cent gasoline, but where did this child quieting technique begin? Did our grandparents use car rides during the great depression to comfort their children? Before automobiles were carriage rides used at the turn of the century? Were hay wagons used by pioneering farm families? Did our first Kentucky forefathers calm their children with conestoga wagon rides around the settlement? In ancient times, did Ben Hur tool his screaming kids around town in his chariot? Whoever discovered this deserves a metal.