STREET CROSSINGS
NEW SAFETY DEVICE. MANCHESTER EXPERIMENT. LONDON, October 22. “ Every man his own policeman ” is Manchester’s way of securing safety in crossing streets. A cross-roads device is being installed where no point policeman is stationed by which pedestrians, when they wish to cross the road, press s button, which registers “ Stop ” on an automatic street signal. The indicator remains like that for 15 seconds. “ Pedestrians simply cannot cross the roads in safety at present,” said the chief constable. He added that the new signal cannot be abused, as it will be impossible ,to , use it again until 45 seconds elapse.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20866, 5 November 1929, Page 10
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101STREET CROSSINGS Otago Daily Times, Issue 20866, 5 November 1929, Page 10
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