A university employee was prosecuted under an archaic law against "wanton or furious driving" following a collision at about 15mph.The law, dating back to 1861, was introduced in Victorian times to deter people from driving horse carriages recklessly.It was used in the case of university technician Iain Harber this week because a Crown Prosecution lawyer was unsure whether the road where the accident happened – on Loughborough University's campus – was a private or a public...
