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The Highway Code – 95 years of safety on Britain’s roads.

4th May 2026

Dave Moss tells the story… (All images Crown Copyright; containing public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0). Driving licences were first introduced in Britain by the 1903 Motor Car Act, when the fee, payable at Post Offices, was 5 shillings (25p). This and other costs such as registration and the vehicle itself added up to quite substantial amounts of money, … [Read more...]

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