Car Facts – First Motor Racing Circuit
Car Fact 8/50
1907 – The world’s first purpose-built motor racing circuit. Brooklands in Weybridge, Surrey was opened in 1907.
Car Fact 5/50
In 1902, the first speeding ticket was issued. Most cars at this time could barely reach 45 mph.
Very different from today – as reported in the http://www.dailymail.co.uk today. Police dashboard camera catches the moment when a reckless father raced his BMW along a motorway at 142mph with his terrified six year old son in the passenger seat.
Car Fact 3/50
To avoid being caught on film by a speed camera you would have to be travelling at 28,000 mile per hour.
According to Which – You might already know that some fixed speed cameras don’t actually contain film. Which? research from 2011, using Freedom of Information laws, showed that just 46% of fixed speed traps in England and Wales were actually operational at any one time. And your chances of being caught speeding by a fixed speed camera differ greatly, depending on where you’re driving in the UK.
For more information about where your chances of being caught are visit http://www.which.co.uk/cars/driving/driving-advice/dealing-with-speeding-tickets/the-truth-about-speed-cameras/
Car Fact 2/50
Volkswagen named many of their cars after winds.