Phaeton (carriage) Phaeton (carriage) A phaeton (also phaéton) was a form of sporty open carriage popular in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Drawn by one or two horses, a phaeton typically featured a minimal very lightly sprung body atop four extravagantly large wheels. With open seating, it was both fast and dangerous, giving rise to its name, drawn from the mythical Phaëton, son of Helios, who nearly set the earth on fire while attempting to drive the chariot of the sun. With the advent of the automobile, the term was adapted to open touring cars, also known as phaetons. The
Surrey Police Borough Mole Valley District Tandridge District Reigate and Banstead Borough Spelthorne Borough Guildford Borough Woking Borough Elmbridge Borough Waverley Borough Surrey Heath Borough Runnymede HQ Surrey Police use many types of car for the diverse categories of response vehicles required by the modern police officer. Some of them are listed below with principal uses. As well as preventing and detecting crime, Surrey Police say that "dealing with road accidents forms a large part of our job, or at least taking measures to try and prevent them". The following table shows the number of casualties, grouped by severity, on Surrey's roads