{"id":13733,"date":"2019-11-05T17:30:32","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T17:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/?p=13733"},"modified":"2019-11-05T17:30:33","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T17:30:33","slug":"the-historic-london-to-brighton-veteran-car-run-takes-place-this-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/2019\/11\/the-historic-london-to-brighton-veteran-car-run-takes-place-this-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"The Historic London To Brighton Veteran Car Run Takes Place this Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Speedyreg – London to Brighton Veteran Car Run<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This iconic run from London to Brighton is the oldest\nmotoring event in the world, created by the first motoring club in the UK,\nestablished by Harry Lawson in 1896. In November of that year, there were some\nmajor changes to the motoring law. Previously the speed limit had been set at\n4mph, and all cars had to be driven with a man walking ahead of it holding a\nred flag. With vehicles being capable of travelling faster than this, and the\nred flag man being a major inconvenience, early motoring fans were overjoyed\nwhen the red flag requirements were overturned and the speed limit for any\n\u2018light locomotives\u2019 under 3 tons raised to 14mph. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To celebrate, Harry Lawson and his motoring club drove the\n60 miles from London to Brighton. Each year after this, the club would organise\nsome sort of run out for the members and every year it would increase in\npopularity and become a bigger and bigger event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the speed limit was eventually raised to 20mph in 1903,\nthe event to celebrate the 14mph limit was no longer relevant and so it was\nstopped. However, motor enthusiasts missed the run, and so it was brought back\nin 1927, with a recreation of the first ever run back in 1896. From 1930 the\norganisation of the run was taken over by the Royal Automobile Club and it has\nprofessionally organised the run ever since. The run has taken place every year\nwith the exception of the war years when petrol rationing made the run\nimpossible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Queen entered the run in 1971, albeit not as a driver,\nin a Daimler that had once belonged to King Edward VII. The car has since been\non many runs driven by HRH Prince Michael of Kent. Since 2005, spectators have\nhad the chance to see the cars on the day before the race, lining Regent Street\nas part of the Regent Street Motor Show. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There have been some changes over recent years, both to the\nroute, and with the addition of veteran cycles in 2017 and veteran motorcycles\nin 2018, but fundamentally, the ethos of the run remains the same and attracts\nmany entrants and spectators every year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

L2B plates<\/a> to commemorate the London to Brighton route <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This iconic route can be celebrated with one of our L2B<\/a> plates. You could have L2 BPG<\/a>, L2 BWW<\/a> or L2 BDT<\/a>. Alternatively you could search our 1896<\/a>, 1901<\/a>, 1903<\/a> number plates<\/a>. These personalised number plates<\/a> are all available right now, just call us or order online to secure your L2B <\/a>plate today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This iconic run from London to Brighton is the oldest motoring event in the world, created by the first motoring club in the UK, established by Harry Lawson in 1896. In November of that year, there were some major changes to the motoring law. Previously the speed limit had been set at 4mph, and all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":13734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[136],"tags":[1819,1817,1818],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13733"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13733"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13735,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13733\/revisions\/13735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}