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[pondlife]

1930: Cars like the Wolseley (>30K were built out of Birmingham, between 1930-36) were introduced the year the 30mph speed limit was made law.



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Lockheed hydraulic brakes are fitted on all four wheels.

1965: Cars like the Peugeot 204 were introduced the year the 70mph speed limit was made law.



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The 204 was also the first Peugeot to be equipped with disc brakes, albeit only on the front wheels.

Although of course today most folks drive around on weak-as-pish cooking lager like Tennents, as opposed to the sherry-induced heavy you got from Diggers for example, or good skunk which enhances your concentration as opposed to the opioid tinctures they were all into back yonder.  No amount of discussion is going to convince me that the speed limits were there to protect folks like Mags in his Bentley 8 litre, or even Lewis in his Bedford Beagle because they were oot their tits but rather because of the limits on the technology.