In 1896, the automobile was just beginning to enter people’s lives, but… brought about a revolution It was an invention.

A man named Walter Arnold drove his car through the streets of Paddock Wood, England, not knowing that he was about to go down in history.

Arnold was one of the first car dealers in his country and imported cars from Germany. Mercedes-Benz He sold model cars.

Arnold was driving at a speed of 12.9 kilometers per hour.

I can almost hear you saying “it would have been faster if we had walked”, but this was quite a lot for that period. a high speed It was considered as. In accordance with the applicable “Local Regulation Act”, the speed limit for motor vehicles was set at 3.2 kilometers per hour.

A police officer on a bicycle realized the situation and followed Arnold for 8 kilometers.

And after I finally caught him wrote a fine. I would really like to hear the dialogue between them…

Arnold had exceeded the posted speed limit four times.

Arnold was subsequently brought to court and ordered to pay a fine of 1 shilling (a currency used in the United Kingdom and Ireland before the switch to decimalisation in 1971) and court costs of 7 shillings. was convicted.

Then the speed limit for that area applies, 23 kilometers It has been updated as . In this story Arnold was the one who got burned…

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