Winking Warning
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THE IWHS president, Mr. R. Holland, takes the view that the fitting of winking beacons on all municipally owned vehicles would remove a frequent cause of hazards on the road. Flashing beacons were at one time the prerogative of police cars, ambulances and fire engines, but during the past year or so their employment on local authority vehicles in general has been greatly extended.
Amber warnings are certainly useful adjuncts for vehicles that are causing some degree of obstruction, either through being halted or through the slowness of their movement.
As any form of warning grows, so the impression it makes tends to diminish, and this is already happening with flashimz beacons. As a striking alternative to conventional highway warnings a battery-operated neon sign has now appeared, and although on the heavy side (weighing about 80 lb. complete with large battery) will, I am sure, make a strong appeal for use on vehicles or obstructions of an exceptional nature. The device is a product of Electronic Signs and Signals Ltd. of Haslingden, Lanes.