Talking points Some nuggets from the RRTHA symposium "Up to
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1911, the number of horses used for road transport was increasing. Horses worked for three hours and this determined the location of depots. They were changed five times a day; 10,000 horses consumed 29,000 tons of fodder a year" lanYearsley, transport journalist and historian "The AAs early advice on foreign touring suggested some motorists like to carry a revolver for their personal protection.'" "In 1921, the AA led a successful campaign against a horse power tax which proposed charging £1 per vehicle per unit of HP" "AA women 'pilots' in smart uniforms met members on the outskirts of London to navigate them through the city."
"In 1961, AA motorcyclists stopped saluting passing members for road safety reasons."
"It is an offence to warn other vehicles of speed traps. In Sweden, however, they wave madly like rotors to warn of police helicopters."
Bert Morris, AA, celebrating the association's anniversary. It was founded June 1905 "Ken Livingstone made a brave decision (on congestion charging), which no national politician could have done."
Christopher Heaps.Traffic Commissioner "The only way the vast majority of operators hear about public inquiries is from the trade press It has a very valuable effect in dissuading operators from breaking the law. The trade press does a good job." David Dixon,Traffic Commissioner