[HN Gopher] Walter Arnold and the first speeding ticket
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       Walter Arnold and the first speeding ticket
        
       Author : thunderbong
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2023-11-25 18:04 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | verisimi wrote:
       | > Walter Arnold was no ordinary motorist. He was also one of the
       | earliest car dealers in the country and the local supplier for
       | Benz vehicles. He was well ahead of the times and set up his own
       | car company producing "Arnold" motor carriages at the same time.
       | It has to be said that the subsequent publicity surrounding his
       | speeding offence probably wasn't entirely unwelcome, and it was
       | certainly a game changer for the automobile.
       | 
       | Plus ca change
        
       | gumby wrote:
       | The title is bogus though the first sentence in the article is
       | clear that this is (likely) the case of the "first person to be
       | caught speeding _in a motorised vehicle_. "
       | 
       | I recently learned that US Grant was issued a speeding ticket
       | _while president_ for going too quickly in his carriage.
       | Apparently this is precedent that presidents can still be
       | convicted of crimes committed while in office.
       | 
       | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/when-president-uly...
        
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