He took a tip from the old-timers!. Annual car run to Brighton starts in fog. In open cars and driving in thick fog, motorists started from The Magazine in Hyde Park, London, on the 41st annual Commemoration Run to Brighton. The Run in which a record entry of 116 cars, each at least 33 years old, took part, celebrates the Emancipation of motorists. Before 1896. Every motor propelled vehicle had to be preceded by a man with a red flag. Photo shows, recalling the days when the self-starters were unknown . Mr de Caritat, wearing heavy fur coat, starts Mr G E C Martins 1902 Dietrich in which he was a passenger. 21 November 1937