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Code to a bygone era: The evolution of the highway code

Patrick McDonnell
21 December 2009
Early Illustration highlighting the appropriate signals to indicate intention to turn from a horse-drawn cart
Early Illustration highlighting the appropriate signals to indicate intention to turn from a horse-drawn cart

 

Evocative snapshots of a bygone age of motoring in Britain are presented in a book that reproduces editions of the Highway Code from the 1930s through to the 1950s.

By the time the fourth edition of the code appeared in 1954, congestion and parking problems had reached the point where cabinet meeting minutes in Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s administration were considering the prospect of paving over Hyde Park and the Mall to provide parking spaces in the capital. This draconian...

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