Dipped Headlamps Reduce Accidents
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.QTRIKING figures in support of the 1,--7 Birmingham dipped headlamp campaign were given on Monday. These show that during the first 10 weeks of the experiment 57 per cent fewer people were killed at night on Birmingham roads than in the corresponding period last year. Other night-time comparisons during the 10 weeks in question show that pedestrian road deaths have been reduced by 53 per cent, the total of accidents by 11.6 per cent and the total of injuries by 6 per cent. The figures are all the more notable in view of the fact that all classes of road deaths during daylight hours increased by 66-6 per cent.
These statistics were given by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Alderman E. W. Horton, at a Press, conference at which he presented an Austin Mini Super de luxe donated by B.M.C. to the winner of a road safety competition held in connection with the dipped headlamp campaign. The winner was a 57-year-old Birmingham bus driver, Mr. Albert Hanson, who has driven for the Corporation since 1934.
In a telegram read out at the conference. Mr. John Hay, M.P., Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, stated that the experiment "is providing valuable information on a question which is of importance to the safety of all road users" and concluded with a hope that "all classes will support
the experiment by being careful to follow the advice to use dipped headlamps when driving after dark in Birmingham ".
Hovercraft News DENNY HOVERCRAFT LTD. is now working on the production of four glass-fibre Denny D2 Hovercraft for commercial use in mid-1963. All are approximately 83 ft. long by 19 ft. wide, and carry 70 passengers at a speed of 25 knots.
Meanwhile, in Hampshire, the first tests of a Hovercraft over snow and ice have been made, using a VickersArmstrongs VA-2. The trials are said to have shown that Hovercraft can operate successfully in winter conditions impossible for other types of vehicle.
Nitrogen Refrigerators CALIFORNIA MOTOR EXPRESS, a 1*--• large San Francisco haulage concern, has ordered 25 nitrogen refrigeration units from Linde Co., a division of Union Carbide Corporation. The units, known as Polarstream, will be installed in cargo containers for in-transit refrigeration of frozen and perishable foods. A pre-set temperature, ranging between 60°F and —20.°F, is controlled by intermittent sprays of nitrogen.