| Show FOR SAFE etro TO TH 2 DRIVER mirrors mirror installed ir on streets street of english towns town have proved of material Matr ll k benefit I 1 tret street corners to provide for abo b driven ot of vehicles a view of ill the milo streets have been installed la in tit at least two towns town in england in folkestone Folk estone there Is an auto acute angle treet street crossing where ali ere one corner la Is built up close to the curb on this corner la Is placed a inch mirror supported up ported on sail gas pipe standards stan darda at such buch an ingle angle drivers driven ot of vehicles coming toward the built up corner froni from either of the two opposite op street can moo PO up the tha streets at right anglen to in their path the engineer in charge states that ow owing I 1 ng to the impossibility of motor lots lati seeing any coming oncoming on traffic severa several eral accidents accident laud and narrow escapes have bare occurred at that soleil since the mirror has ban been fixed he be has not eitard of anything approaching an accident ct ci dent the damp rain or roat frost have no in effect oa the mirror which in 18 occasionally cleaned by PaS lamplighter when cleaning his bl lamps at wiltshire a mirror live five by eight feet la in size ilze supported on otan Bt anJard dards so BO that its ita top tat la 13 16 feet above the street occupies an angular position at the apex of a closed right anglo angle curve the engineer in harge charge c says the mirror mirro r requires scarcely any cleaning only a wipe over once onca in about three months month engineering news |
