MOTOR DRIVING

Shannon News, 31 May 1929, Page 4

MOTOR DRIVING

DEAF PEOPLE EITICTENT,

LONDON, Feb. 19

At the Transport Commissioner's meeting Mr. Mervyn O'Gornvun, vicepresident of the Royal Automobile Club, declared that the"employment of red lights was almost useless, as 25 per cent, of the male population was practically or totally colour blind. ' s

..The use of the red light in connection with motor cars should be'abolished. It was in inheritance from the railway companies. The chairman (Sir Arthur GriffithBoscawen): Why male motorists?

Mr. 0' Gorman: Because no woman is colour blind.—(Laughter). That is onfi of the reasons why men usually do not care about colour in their dress and why women alwavs do.—(Laughter).

Mr. o'Gorman stated that he was not in favour of a test before a driving license was issued. It would not add a fraction to the safety of the public on roads. A man who was completely deaf was well able to drive a car. Speed limits were opposed to the whole principle by which safety could be ensured. The witness .was inclined to favour the employment of a special body of :iicn for the work of traffic control in p'ace of the police. "The education of the policeman,' ; he said, "although it makes him a suitable person for his job, does not put him in the right frame of mind to organise the very intricate and rather scientific business of traffic flow."