Sorry for my bad English here (I'm French speaking)... I'm writing an adventure novel occurring in October 1944, in the USA. A woman (lets call her Alice) is working as a scientist in a military hospital of New Hampshire. She has to drive all alone down to Louisiana, with her Ford Sedan Deluxe 1940 (which has a v8 motor). I know that there was a federal speed limit of 35 mph (56 km/h) at that time, and gas restrictions for the civilians. As a relatively important scientist, Alice have a class...
