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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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(Automobile Association)
Britain's largest motoring organization, founded in 1905, with a membership in the early 1990s of some 7 million. It is now used mainly for its breakdown service, but the chief duty of its first patrolmen, riding bicycles, was to warn members if policemen were lurking behind bushes with stopwatches, at a time when the nationwide speed limit was 20 mph/32kph. The agreed signal was a failure to salute the member's car, identifiable by its AA badge.
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