http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/80276956/five-illegal-firsts-in-the-motoring-world Five illegal firsts in the motoring world May 30 2016 DAMIEN O'CARROLL ...
Speeding While it is claimed that the first actual speeding ticket was issued in Ohio in 1904, the first recorded incident of someone being punished for breaking the speed limit happened in New York in 1899. Jacob German was a taxi driver who used a car made by the Electric Vehicle Company to carry passengers around the streets of New York. While horse-drawn cabs were still far more popular, German was one of around 60 cabbies who used the EVs. A police officer on a bicycle noticed German speeding down Lexington Avenue at the terrifying speed of 19kmh, or 50 percent faster than the limit of 13kmh. German was not issued with a speeding ticket, but rather thrown in jail! ... [© stuff.co.nz] ... [dated] https://www.facebook.com/SyracuseTaxi/posts/275481532540602 Syracuse Regional Taxi April 12, 2012 · In 1899, taxi driver Jacob German became the first person in New York City to be arrested for speeding. He was traveling 12 miles per hour, and the arresting officer was riding a bicycle. ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_ticket#Ticket_superlatives ... A New York City cab driver named Jacob German was arrested for speeding on May 20, 1899 for driving 12 miles per hour on Lexington Avenue in Manhattan [NY] For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Electric-taxi-driver-thrown-in-NYC-NY-jail-for-speeding-50-over-the-limit-tp4682303.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
