Today the roads of Britain are even more congested than ever. Speed has become such a topic that last year the authorities in Wales joined London in introducing a default 20 miles per hour speed limit. It seems, however, that the lawmakers have always been concerned about the dangers of speeding motor vehicles. We need only to look back to the 1860s when we see the introduction in the United Kingdom of the Locomotives Act 1865, also known as the Red Flag Act, where a man waving a red flag had to walk in front of the vehicle to warn other road users of the approaching car. At night the man had to carry a lantern, to warn bystanders of the vehicle’s approach. This law was not repealed until 1896, so we can imagine the frustration that had built up for those who could afford the early motorcars. As the automobile developed then the temptation to pit one against the other led to a desire to create a circuit in which to race. Just 11 years after the scrapping of the red flag law and with cars developing quickly, a landowner in Surrey dreamt of building the first purpose-built racing circuit in the world at his estate in Surrey.