Traffic Inspector’s Signs

Northern Advocate, 18 February 1939, Page 6 (Supplement)

Traffic Inspector’s Signs

During the holiday season the use by inspectors of the Transport Department of an illuminated sign bearing the inscription of “inspector” proved very effective in encouraging motorists to observe the rules of the road. The signs, which were distributed to officers of the department patrolling the' main routes just prior to Christmas, are attached to the left-hand side of the windscreen, and the lement of surprise at the approach of an inspector could be preserved by switching off the lights of the sign. The illumination also proved effective in directing motorists involved in accidents or seeking information from the inspectors. The latest innovation with which the department is to experiment is a warning beacon, with a flashing red light. These lights will possibly be used in the future for marking off scenes of accidents or for warning motorists to exercise caution while inspectors are measuring the highway after accidents. Of the portable type, the signals might also be employed for the purpose of denoting particularly bad stretches on the roads.

■! When is a re-bore due? At the end j of five years’ running and 240,000 miles there is a Dennis four-lonner which has not yet been rebored; oil consumption is still well on the right side of 1,000 miles a gallon.