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Thursday, January 28, 2010

Crime / History Today in Crime and Punishment

Posted by on Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 11:57 AM

1896 — Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent became the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined 1 shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8 mph (13 km/h), thus exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2 mph (3.2 km/h).

Thanks, Wikipedia.

 

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1
fitting title...today is also the anniversary of Fyodor Dostoevsky's death. lung hemmorage(tuberculosis I think)
Posted by thewomaninwhite on January 28, 2010 at 12:03 PM
2
So in today's terms he would have been going 240 mph.
Posted by H.G. Wells on January 28, 2010 at 12:07 PM
Urgutha Forka 3
Fuckin' cops...
Posted by Urgutha Forka on January 28, 2010 at 12:33 PM
Timmytee 4
So in Kent, in 1896, it was illegal to drive one's car faster than most people walk? I believe giving pedestrians the right-of-way, but Jesus!
Posted by Timmytee on January 28, 2010 at 2:10 PM
Fnarf 5
Not only that, @4, but I believe you were required to have a fellow walking ahead of you waving a red flag so people would know you were coming. As if the belching and exploding motor wasn't enough.
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on January 28, 2010 at 2:30 PM

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