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