Traffic history in 1897Sourced
The first drunk-driving charge
involved an electric cab.
Just 22 days after London's Bersey electric cab service began, driver George Smith crashed into a building. Found to be drunk, he is regarded as the first person charged with drunk driving.
An old offence
in an early electric vehicle.
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