
Pictured is an 1896 Benz automobile. This is the car in which Walter Arnold received the first ever speeding ticket.
The first person convicted of speeding was going eight miles per hour. It was Walter Arnold on January 28, 1896, in Paddock Wood, Kent in England. He was doing four times the speed limit of two miles per hour. H was charged a fine of 47 British pounds.
Story continues below advertisement