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Short film about the BSA factory

good film, i saw that when i was a patrol. i rode one of them rso combos, but my favorite was the trumph. Things sure was different back then it was all smile salute and serve.
 

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I always understood that. Not sure if it was true in our lifetime, though thinkit was pre WW2
 
Yes, agree with that, Mike. Recall my father explaining it to me. But more that "something was amiss" rather than specifically a speed-trap. It was all something which used to happen in the past and as the explanation to me was in around 1945/6 that must have put it pre-war.

It was always quite a thrill to see the arm snap up when Dad's badge was spotted but by then it was nothing more than a courtesy (which couldn't have lasted much longer anyway).

Different world.

Chris
 
mikejee said:
I always understood that. Not sure if it was true in our lifetime, though thinkit was pre WW2
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hi. AA salute. The salute was a tradition for 60 years, with patrolmen instructed to make the gesture if they saw a motorist sporting the AA's insignia.
It originated at the start of the last century as drivers started to run foul of police speed traps in which officers used a stopwatch to calculate whether or not a car was going too fast. Even then it was illegal to warn motorists about speed traps, but the AA advised its members to stop if a patrolman failed to salute, and the driver would then be given information about "road conditions" ahead. The "crisp, sharp salute" will be used today by patrols when they attend a breakdown, rather than as a matter of course for all passing AA members.
With speed cameras clearly marked, patrols will not tip motorists off about their existence. "The days of warning drivers about speed cameras have passed
. the salute was later used as courteousy to members,and higher ranking staff, some of the patrols looked like benny hill. lol
they just stuck his cover on his head, no shape in it at all. me and others took time to make a new beret fit right. all that as gone
 
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