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The first dashboard was a literal plank of wood. So the term “dashboard” was aggressively honest.

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The word 'dashboard' originally referred to a board at the front of a horse-drawn carriage that blocked mud thrown up by the horses' hooves. It was later used for the instrument panel in cars. It was not a plank of wood for drivers.

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