Average speed report from 1936

[David Stepney]

It might be worth mentioning that the Road Traffic Act of 1903 raised the speed limit of 14 mph imposed by the Locomotive Act 1896 to 20 mph on all roads. This was not altered until the Road Traffic Act 1930, which removed any apeed restriction on the basis that the previous speed limit was almost universally ignored. It was not until the 1934 act that the then minister of transport Leslie Hore-Belisha introduced the 30 mph limit in built up areas. During the Second World War, this was reduced to 20 mph during the hours of darkness due to the lighting restrictions imposed.

Do we go round in circles? And, if so, why do we need to build 1000 hp monsters that do 0 to 60 in the twinkling of an eye?