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mcrk • yesterday at 7:45 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

The very first cars required to have a person walking in front of it with waving a flag as a warning.


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HPsquared • yesterday at 8:10 AM

Red flag thing was the UK's Locomotives Act 1865, which dated from before what we call cars were invented. More aimed at traction engines (steam engines that go on the road). Exactly the type of regulation people like to mock the EU for.

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dzhiurgis • yesterday at 7:58 AM

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