The first speeding fine – for travelling at 8 mph
Published on 28 January 2014 by The BNA
Walter Arnold became the first British person to be fined for speeding on this day in 1896.
This report from the London Daily News reveals that he’d been travelling at a reckless 8 mph!
London Daily News – Thursday 30 January 1896
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Published on Tue, 28 January 2014.