Because that's what it's built to do.
Distance
The instrument used to measure the total distance that a car has traveled is called an odometer.
odometer
The vehicles odometer records the mileage for you.
Odos measure distance travelled, speedos measure speed at that moment.
No, the odometer measures the distance traveled by a vehicle. The speedometer measures the speed at any given moment in time, but not the average speed.
The pedometer is a device that measures the distance you walk, just as a odometer indicates the distance of a car. It is not a unit of measure.
An odometer isn't a unit of distance, it's an instrument used to measure distance.
The odometer measures the distance the car has travelled.
To measure distance traveled.
An odometer isn't a unit of distance, it's an instrument used to measure distance.
Am odometer.