A Torch Stick
A SAFETY PRECAUTION I I As a result of a black-out in English cities there has been a great increase in accidents lo pedestrians irom motor Iraflie. A London engineer has invented a torch stick for the use of pedestrians, which, it is believed, will enable motorists lo see them when crossing the streets. It is in the form of a stick with a little wheel on Ihe ferrule. The pedesIrian pushes the stick in front of him. The wheel is on a swivel, and is at once affected by any obstruction, 1 so Iha I when a kerb or depression is reached a small torch a lit lie way up ! the stftek. shines down on a reflector j near the end which projects the light i into the road at the feet. At a street I crossing the pedestrian by pressure ; can increase the light, bul it will at- i ways be -Ibrown upon the road so that ; an approaching motorist is aware that j it is a pedestrian.
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Franklin Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 25, 4 March 1940, Page 6
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173A Torch Stick Franklin Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 25, 4 March 1940, Page 6
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