I'm currently reading The People's War by Angus Calder. We're currently in 1939/1940, the Phony War. The blackout has doubled the number of RTA.
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| Meanwhile, the motorists' spokesmen were still showing plenty of | fight; when a speed limit of 20mph in built-up areas was imposed, to | begin in February, they denounced the 'Nazi methods' of the | authorities and declared they would encourage careless pedestrianism