Congress Points the Way to Safer Roads
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Safety in All Phases Covered by Papers and Visits in Programme of This Week's National Conference
AFETY in all its aspects is covered by the programme of the National Safety Congress, which is being held in London, this week. The event opened yesterday (Thursday) with addresses by Mr. E. L. Burgin, Minister of Transport, and by Lord McGowan, president. It is being held at the Park Lane Hotel and closes to-morrow. A number of papers is being presented by acknowledged experts, and a variety of visits has been arranged for the delegates.
The following papers are of most direct interest to our readers, and are dealt with in these pages :—" The Investigation and Removal of Road Defects, with Special Reference to Rural Areas," by Mr. G. T. Bennet, A.M.I.C.E., Oxfordshire sur-veyor ; "Safety in the Operation of Road Passenger Transport," by Mr. C. R. Tattam, M.Inst., Bradford Corporation's transport manager ;
Accident Claims and• Compensation," by Mr. S. A. Webb, B.A., solicitor, Claims Department, London Transport; "Lighting for Speed and Safety," by Mr. Arthur Curinington, B.Sc., M.I.E.E., lighting engineer, Southern Railway; and "The Relationship between Road Surfacing and Road Safety," by Lt.-Col. A. C. Hughes, B.Sc., Assoe.M.Inst.C.E., Hampshire surveyor.