IN 1901
The more opulent French motorists were not happy when December opened in 1901. By the 16th of the month they were ordered by the Government to choose between two equally unattractive alternatives. Either they had to alter their gearboxes so that their cars should be mechanically incapable of exceeding the new speed limit (18.7 miles an hour) or they were required to register their cars and carry number plates. For some time the general feeling was in favour of gearing down the cars, but a thoughtful owner visited the Prefecture to inspect a model number plate, and, finding it less hideous and obtrusive than he had expected, he decided to surrender. For a month or two the number plates were popular, as slow cars did not carry them, and the exhibition of a plate conveyed the suggestion that one’s vehicle was sporty and expensive.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 52, 24 May 1927, Page 10
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146IN 1901 Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 52, 24 May 1927, Page 10
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