On this day in south west Hertfordshire
Some strange defences are put forward from time to time in the local police courts but one of the most unusual was that advanced at the Hemel Hempstead Sessions on Wednesday. A young man summoned for not having a red rear light or reflector on his bicycle said he thought one was unnecessary because his bicycle was a red one.
[From the Watford Observer of September 6, 1930]
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