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Tuesday 28 January 2020

124 years after the first speeding ticket and regulations still can’t keep up with tech


Just yesterday TNW wrote about the Bloodhound land speed record vehicle that’s trying to break the 1,000 mph (ca. 1,609 km/h) barrier. But have you ever stopped to think about people who were breaking speed limits over a hundred years ago? As it happens, today marks the 124th anniversary of what is generally regarded as the first speeding ticket issued in Britain, and the driver was going a paltry 8 mph (13 km/h). Yes, about as fast as a good jog. [Read: Engineers bet on hydrogen-fueled zero emission rocket to break land speed record] Back in 1896, the world’s original…

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