Ather went to the front near the crank to start the motor. Father put his thumb against his palm instead of putting it around the crank. As he told me later, when the motor took, the crank could move suddenly and break a man's thumb if his thumb was around it. He folded his hand carefully around the crank and began vigorously winding it. The motor caught and started with a chug. —Dragonwings, Laurence Yep Based on the passage, what was starting a car like in the early 1900s? easy safe impossible dangerous