# Your feel-good story for the day **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 16, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-feel-good-story-for-the-day/1017110 "2025-04-16T17:37:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2026, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-feel-good-story-for-the-day/1017110/241 "2026-10-31T12:21:54Z")
In the U.S. I usually hear the phrase as “on the honor code” or “on the honor system.” ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-feel-good-story-for-the-day/1017110/242 "2026-11-01T19:54:05Z")
Here’s an improbable story (but entirely true). I kind of assume – but I don’t know – that the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run is internationally famous, if only because it’s such a Goddam British Thing To Do. In case I’m wrong, a very brief intro: to celebrate the repeal of the Red Flag Act (and other restrictions on the newly invented Motor Car) an annual run for motorists was introduced in 1897, which rapidly became the London to Brighton run. The current rules limit entry to vehicles manufactured before 1 Jan 1905.The run takes place on the first Sunday of November. There were just shy of 500 “official” vehicles in the run this year (including a handful of bicycles), plus trailers, support vehicles, people leaning out of car windows taking photos and video and – because this is all on open public roads – anyone else who has an old/classic car and who fancied taking part. If you live between London and Brighton – which we do – the run is one of the milestone events of the year. We generally go and take a look, because that’s what you do. The precise route changes year to year, so sometimes we’ll just stroll out to take a look; another year it might be a brief drive. This year the changed route took the run…. right past our house. No shit, I could watch an internationally famous spectacle from my bed (!) Cool, huh? Doable, but not very practical. I’ll post some photos from outside our house (literally, I was almost leaning on the fence) in a moment. In the meantime, here’s a short video that someone loaded earlier today, which gives a pretty good impression of what it’s like. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/kRRE6jH5zuU/maxresdefault.jpg "Those vintage cars in Coulsdon this morning are part of the 2026 London to Brighton Veteran Car Run!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRRE6jH5zuU) Side note for film buffs: Genevieve, as in the 1953 movie, is a real car and takes part in the run – we managed to spot her this year. j ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-feel-good-story-for-the-day/1017110/243 "2026-11-01T19:59:06Z")
As promised [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczNglWeTA5ZoimiwmqOzbUpbOIXXw_ofh1HAeydpcLX5e4iNI47h5WM_RGE22xDfGpJ3AJPlUtSo_YwlxfOwPfLCVYUDkhIJx6DclXy_zEv5TD3aOUo=w600-h315-p-k "New photo · Sunday, Nov 1 📸") ](https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMQEg-Y7VD5eDWUffedmMmh7MD1LBQaF13d1TkGm_bBSjMKNx3jYurWe4CyycKfWQ?key=aXJPaGswbHFPWjZJSWhWcC1xdkVRTTh5TjZXVC1B) Steam powered: [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczPadV2EqJoUev5Y_8iYiQJlmQ2w4_lNxEZ9MJhQmTiBchlN0GdsWigO9IGCRuH1UviO9b0C-OryGWvZuBjOOrao04HBYT8SuwgGnMeqw1JpOauvBnE=w600-h315-p-k "New photo · Sunday, Nov 1 📸") ](https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMLrWkR3cD4a5bbnOxiyy0JvgfnsyeXZFn4q4l64xsPMU_cPvltrpHLF1uW6UXTqw?key=N1NzYWpLY3NRZmZHMk8zNERsUXpFZGxwM3pTSXN3) This one was taken just down the road (we had to buy some milk!) [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczMLZOplUTOzUL_1El2YfAzFhoE2vM2jfB8XoF2-PuMBP_w9SaEFV20qFZZiTWbd7pU-jMvAVcng8dHdOSKnJvDTbQggo5szc_l1orTf7OOBA1bOE-8=w600-h315-p-k "New photo · Sunday, Nov 1 📸") ](https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMZO_UaAiYpwM9YVXkFqeNj9ri1n0eTVmuaIAk7t7GE8JJhOZ2kEFUpMyuInJfvGw?key=LWZPSzgtWWhRUW1jN3VVdzc1b0F4SHVFeUxCWXlR) j ETA: as always, click thru for the full image ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-feel-good-story-for-the-day/1017110/244 "2026-11-01T23:11:07Z")
That is the Goddam coolest British thing I’ve ever seen, @Treppenwitz ! It’s beautiful 😍 ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-feel-good-story-for-the-day/1017110/245 "2026-11-02T00:01:10Z")
[Carson Pickett - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_Pickett) is currently on my super cool list. [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/reel/1174092775570578) Here she is with a little girl. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-feel-good-story-for-the-day/1017110.md?page=12)