NIGHT MOTOR SIGNS

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 157, 29 March 1939, Page 13

NIGHT MOTOR SIGNS

——>■■■ Use Of Glass-Fronted Reflectors Increasing use of glass-fronted reflectors is being made for road signs which are required to be visible after dark. Last year the traffic department of the Wellington City Corporation imported a number of road studs with the reflecting glass eye, laid on a level with the ground, and protected by a rubber pad, which gives slightly under the impact of passing traffic. These studs will probably 'be placed to define the traffic lines at the junction of Ellice Street and Brougham Street within a few weeks. They are now greatly iu use all over England and the Continent, and are the most effective means of outlining a road centre or a curve that has yet been devised. One of the exhibits in the office of the chief traffic officer, Mr. L. S. Drake, at present is another form of night sign said to be in use at intersections and level crossings in the United States. This sign, about two feet in breadth and as much in depth, is a well-made sign of enamelled sheet iron (double sheets) w.’ih black lettering on a yellow ground. The word “Thru” appears at the top and “traffic” on the bottom, but the greater part of the space is a huge “Stop” outlined in glass-topped reflectors. The headlights of a car could not fail to pick up such a warning. The only drawback is the cost. Mr. Drake said they would cost more than £4 each to land in Wellington.