Greater Road Safety
An ingenious idea aiming at indirect lighting along highways is being tried out in the United States on the main road between Detroit and Lansing, a distance of 69J miles Posts have beep erected, 100 ft. apart along the highway. They are 30in. high, and stand Bft. from the edge of the roadway. Each post carries three small plastic discs, with prismatic backs, which pick up the lights of motor-vehicles and reflect them back on to the road. It is believed that this system will eliminate road hazards at night time, as drivers will always have a row of prismatic reflections to define the. driving side of the highway, and thus reduce risk of collisions through headlamp dazzle. The experiment is being . followed with great interest by Ameri-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23073, 25 June 1938, Page 12 (Supplement)
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