Article: 75 years of the Highway Code.(Features)

Byline: By DAMIEN FLETCHER and NICK WEBSTER

IT'S one of Britain's best-selling books and has saved countless lives - but few people have read it from cover to cover.

This year the driver's bible, The Highway Code, celebrates its 75th birthday. And in those years the motoring world has changed almost beyond recognition.

When the first edition was published in 1931, driving a car was a stress-free, civilised activity - a hobby for the upper classes.

But the ninth edition, due out in 2007, will be a guide to a different motoring universe, one ...

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