On January 28, 1896 Walter Arnold of East Peckham (in the county of Kent) became the first driver of a car who was penalized for speeding. He was driving about 8 miles per hour (almost 13 km / h) when the maximum speed allowed in the city was 2 miles (just over 3 km / h). The penalty imposed on him was one shilling and the costs of the process. The curious thing is that the person who stopped him, after the corresponding chase, was a policeman who was riding a bicycle. That same year, on August 17, Bridget Driscoll she became the first victim. Arthur Edsell He was driving his brand new Roger-Benz through the Crytal Palace neighborhood (London) when he ran over Bridget. When he fell he was unlucky enough to hit his head and die instantly. Arthur was traveling at 4 miles per hour…also speeding.
And although Walter Arnold's ticket was the first for speeding, to find the first drunk driving ticket we have to travel to Egypt... 2,800 years ago . Logically, the means of transport was animal traction, in this case a car.
An Egyptian papyrus from about 2,800 years ago contains the trial and the first sanction of a driver arrested for driving his car under the influence of alcohol. After being accused of crashing into a statue and running over a girl, the judge decided to sentence him to be hanged at the door of the tavern where he had gotten drunk while waiting for the scavenging animals to take care of making his body disappear. Let's see who is the handsome man who is now complaining about today's sanctions.
Sources:The Engine, History