ROD KER SMART, OR STUPID?

What was the first car you drove? In my case it was my dad’s Ford Consul Mk2, sitting on his lap, with my grubby little seven year-old hands turning the steering wheel as directed. You’ll be relieved to know that this would be on a local common, not a public road, but in those carefree days people tended to do what they wanted in whatever space was available. Try the same today and you’ll probably have a police helicopter hovering overhead before you can say Dixon of Dock Green.

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