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1899: Jacob German was arrested on this day in 1899 for driving at the blistering speed of 12 mph. The speed limit he blasted past? Eight mph between streets, and 4 mph around corners. He is unlucky enough to be remembered forever, as the New York Times recounted 115 years ago, as "the first man arrested for running an automobile too fast." What's so fascinating about German's arrest is how utterly strange it sounds today. His offending speed is what we'd consider an unbearably crawl. He was driving an electric car. And he was chased down for speeding by a policeman on bicycle. The police officer on a bicycle observed the 26 year old Mr. German speeding and promptly arrested him and imprisoned him in the East 22nd Street station house. https://gizmodo.com/on-this-day-in-1899-the-first-speeding-arrest-happened-1579044541