On Thursday, 17 January 2013 20:03:02 UTC, harry wrote:
On Jan 17, 10:16*am, fred wrote:

"Bridget Driscoll achieved notoriety by becoming the first pedestrian to be killed in a car accident in the United Kingdom. Whilst visiting the Crystal Palace in London on 17th August 1896, she was hit by an automobile which was giving demonstration rides at a maximum speed of 4 mph. R.D."



Whats the point of these new 20mph city speed limits ? They obviously need to be about 3mph



She probably never seen a motor car before.

And assumed that like a horse, it would stop.

Yes, IU she repeatedly opened and closed her umbrella at it which was the accepted way to stop a horse, but it didn't work.

Chris