This is the first car to ever receive a speeding ticket

HM01AF 1896 Arnold. Image shot 2012. Exact date unknown.
HM01AF 1896 Arnold. Image shot 2012. Exact date unknown.

The first car to ever receive a speeding ticket was pulled over for travelling at a heady 8mph – which was four times the speed limit at the time.

Walter Arnold was driving his 1896 Arnold Benz Motor Carriage through Paddock Green in Kent, when he was spotted by a police officer.

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