What is the coach doing?

Coachman is a horse -pulled trainer. In front of the cars, coaches were the necessary methods of transport inside and between urban areas. Driving was a special skill and their driver played an important role in the company of that time. Coaches also prominently fiction and mythology before the 20th century. In modern times, there is still traveling by a coach drawn by horses, mainly as a romantic novelty.

Horse -drawn vehicles have been used worldwide for thousands of years. In Hungary from the 15th century, the new design was fast and relatively comfortable; These were called coaches after the Hungarian town of Kocs. Cities like Kocs have become stops for those who travel long distances by a coach; These stops were called phases, which led to the Stagecoach term. By the 18th century, travelers around Europe could rent a public coach for short or long journeys. Wealthy families that could afford to maintain private trainers were sometimes referred to as a carriage.

Coachman had a specialized set of skills, unlike a modern taxi or bus driver. He had an unusual position in society because of his important role in business, travel and even delivery of mail, often worked directly with rich higher classes, although he came from the poor, uneducated backgrounds. Some coaches were proud of the speed of their services and transport races remain sport to this day. With the advent of trains and cars, the importance of the coach began to disappear. Coaches pulled by horses, now often called vehicles to distinguish them from buses, are still available for rent in large cities, public parks and Renaissance festivals.

The term coachman was used mainly in England and Europe. In America, the Stagecoach operator was often called a stage. Other terms have been used in various blocalities around the world, such as Jarvey, Coachee or simply the driver. Modern coaching companies use the Driver's Driver's termYou because they may apply to people of both sexes.

Ancient cultures, such as Greek and Hindu people, imagined the Sun as a kind of space trainer and drove a fiery car in the sky. Popular literature of pre -industrial Europe often depicted a coach, sometimes as a victim of highways who targeted coaches in distant areas. In the story of Pinocchio, Coachman is a sinister character that captures naughty boys to turn into donkeys and sell into slavery. In the graphic novel Alan Moora by Hell , a coach named John Netley is the only accomplices for crimes Jack Ripper. This character, which appears in another Ripper, was based on a real carriage driver who lived in Victorian England.