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Britain had no driving test, no enforced rules on drink-driving, and a network of roads reliant on hand signals on 14th April, 1931 - the publication day of surprise national bestseller The Highway Code.\nCodifying driving etiquette - rather than reducing fatalities - was as much a preoccupation of the book as safe driving per se. \u201cGood manners, and consideration for others, are as desirable and are as much appreciated on the road as elsewhere\u201d, the Introduction said.\xa0\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly revisit the work of Leslie Hore-Belisha and his \u2018Belisha Beacons\u2019; ask whether a little more consideration for cyclists could have avoided decades of irate cabbies calling phone-in radio; and test their own knowledge of the current Highway Code (clue: Rebecca still hasn\u2019t passed her driving test\u2026)\xa0\nFurther Reading:\n\u2022 \u2018The Untold Story of the Highway Code\u2019 (The Historic England Blog, 2021): https://heritagecalling.com/2021/02/12/the-untold-story-of-the-highway-code/\n\u2022 \u201814 April 1931: the first edition of the Highway Code is published\u2019 (MoneyWeek, 2020): https://moneyweek.com/387612/14-april-1931-the-first-edition-of-the-highway-code-is-published\n\u2022 \u2018Read And Act On The Highway Code\u2019 (British Path\xe9, 1946): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkBOIToUBrY\nFor bonus material and to support the show, visit\xa0Patreon.com/Retrospectors\nWe'll be back on Tuesday! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2022.\xa0\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices