Auto Gossip
A reader has brought to our attention a pamphlet put o-ut by the British Hat and Allied Feltmakers’ Research Association in Britain on road safety and the use of protective headgear. The pamphlet describes in detail tests made and data gathered on head injuries, and concludes that felt absorbs a considerable proportion of the energy of an impact. Indications are that head injuries may be less if a heavy felt hat or cap is worn. * * *
The number of pedestrians killed in Birmingham during the campaign to get motorists to drive on dipped headlights instead of parking lights was 55 per cent, lower than the number killed last year. The total number of accidents was reduced by 16 per cent.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30115, 26 April 1963, Page 11
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121Auto Gossip Press, Volume CII, Issue 30115, 26 April 1963, Page 11
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