Radar speed-detection capabilities were first developed in 1935 by a Bobby in Britain who had his eyes set on your wallet. Some 30 years on, a fed-up comrade and engineer invented one of the earliest ...

The first automobile driver ever fined for speeding was Walter Arnold in England’s Kent County, circa 1896. Arnold, a Benz dealer, got caught going approximately 8 mph, well over the 2-mph limit for ...

An engineer who loved to drive fast, he helped build an industry-altering device that made its debut after the national speed limit of 55 m.p.h. became law. By Richard Sandomir Michael Valentine, an ...

Michael Valentine, an electrical engineer with a passion for fast cars and open roads who gave drivers a ticket-avoiding tool as one of the key developers behind the modern radar detector, died Sept.