G.P.O. Not in Favour of Amber Lights
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A REQUEST by post office workers /-1 that a number of postal vans be fitted with amber headlights has been rejected by the G.P.O. authorities. The request was put forward as an experimental idea with the ultimate aim of complete conversion of all postal vehicles.
Before reaching a decision the Post Office consulted the Road Research Laboratory, who said: " Mea.surements of seeing distance in yellow and white light showed that a neutral-coloured object was seen almost equally well in light of either colour. .
"Tests involving meetings between two vehicles, in which the opinions of 20 drivers were obtained under realistic driving conditions, showed that just over half of the drivers preferred white light when meeting another vehicle, although more than half thought the oncoming yellow light was less glaring. Almost all drivers preferred their own beam to be white."
The Laboratory added that the real need was for uniformity in the aim, intensity and design of headlamps, rather than the colour of the bulbs.
The Post Office have agreed to review the idea should further research into night driving produce fresh information.
DRIVERS ENTITLED TO GOOD SEATING
'CITTING machines to men, and not
the other way round, is. important to the Post Office, which has 34,000 vehicles the drivers of which am, for instance, entitled to a " decent " seat.
This remark was made. by Mr. E. Marples, Postmaster-General, addressing a 'conference on ergonomics at Oxford on Monday. Speaking about the design of cars, he criticized the lack of fully adjustable seats. Pedals were out of reach of many people, and the range of adjustment often inadequate.