Forgotten otherwise, but responsible for introducing speed limits and the driving test.
(Before looking him up I had no idea there was a brief 'fuck it no speed limit' period in the 30s, until obviously a number of people were killed)
“Bobby” and (in Northern Ireland) “peeler” as slang terms for a policeman are two more examples of things named after a politician.
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Forgotten otherwise, but responsible for introducing speed limits and the driving test.
(Before looking him up I had no idea there was a brief 'fuck it no speed limit' period in the 30s, until obviously a number of people were killed)