London to Brighton Veteran Car Run
The famous London to Brighton Veteran Car Run is an annual car rally featuring ‘veteran’ cars and is the longest running automotive event in the world, having been first run in 1896.
The event is held exclusively for ‘veteran’ cars, i.e. those built prior to 1905. Generally held on the first Sunday of November, participants drive from Hyde Park in London (starting at sunrise), and travel a set course to Brighton. The route generally follows the A23 Brighton and covers a distance of 54 miles. Whilst this is an everyday journey for an average modern car, for fragile cars that are nearing a century of existence, this journey takes most of the day, with some cars even failing to finish. Participants that cover the distance before 4:30pm are usually awarded a medal by the organisers.
However, the event is not competitive. Participants are not permitted to exceed an average speed of 20mph for the run, and there is no finishing order. Cars are therefore simply completing the run as opposed to racing each other.
The event traces its origins to 1896, and the abolition of the Locomotive Act, commonly known as the ‘Red Flag Act’, where any motor car could travel at no more than 4mph and had to be preceded by a person on foot carrying a red flag. The event was next run in 1927, and has run continually since then (with the exception of World War 2 and associated petrol rationing)
Today, the run stands as a celebration of the pioneers of the motor car, keeping the origins of automotive travel alive with pioneering cars still taking to the road.
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