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The Automobile Association
Extracted from the Wikipedia article The AA.
Charitable association
The Automobile Association was founded in 1905 by William John Bosworth, to help motorists avoid policespeed traps, in response to the Motor Car Act 1903 which introduced new penalties for breaking the speed limit, for reckless driving with fines, endorsements and the possibility of jail for speeding and other driving offences. The act also required drivers to hold a driving licence (which was obtained without a test on payment of five shillings at a post office) and to display a registration plate on their vehicle.