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THE National Safety Congress was held in London on May 20-22. An account of the congress is given in Roads and Road Construction of June 1. At the Congress dinner, Sir Herbert Blain pointed out how much the British have learnt from the Americans in connexion with improving our roads and making them safer. In particular, he mentioned the practice of coloured traffic lights and of one-way streets. Although there is a magnificent system of roadways in Great Britain, there are no roads that can compare with some of the roads now being laid in America. These national highways are very wide and have a beautiful surface, good elevation and proper lighting. The curves are properly rounded, and there is no ribbon development. Mr. A. Matheson, the assistant secretary to the Minister of Transport, read a paper on “Danger Spots”. Experiments have been carried out in London, where certain roads with black records have been selected. A study of these records showed that a large fraction of the accidents occurred to pedal cyclists and pedestrians. These roads were then inspected and improvements suggested which it is hoped will diminish the number of accidents. In two of the roads where the work recommended has been completed, a record was kept for six months.
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Safety on the Roads. Nature 138, 198–199 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138198c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/138198c0