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STREET LIGHTING PRACTICE
PREFACE
In June 1934, the Minister of Transport found it necessary to appoint a committee "to examine and report what steps could be
taken for securing more efficient and uniform street lighting, with particular reference to the convenience and safety to traffic,
and with due regard to the requirements of residential and shopping areas, and to make recommendations."
This Departmental Committee in September, 1935, issued an interim report for the guidance of Lighting Authorities, in which the
following passages occur :-
"... it was urged in evidence that the adequate lighting of the more fully trafficked routes, in particular, is
essentially in the interest of the safety and convenience of all classes of road users..."
"... (3) The Technical Aspect. It is impossible to determine with accuracy from the available statistical information the
extent to which bad lighting is the immediate cause of road accidents in this country. We are told by representatives of motoring organisations
that, whilst regarding efficient street lighting as directly contributory to road safety, they were unable to point to any but occassional
accidents due to bad lighting conditions ..."
"17. Our own observations lead us to the opinion that the 'pools of darkness' resulting from uneven distribution of light on the road surface,
more especially in the case of inadequately lighted roads, render it difficult for the motorist to judge distances and for other road users to estimate
the speed of approaching vehicles..."
Backed by the finest Electrical Research Laboratories in the British Isles, the Street Lighting Engineers of The General Electric Company
have spared no efforts to forward the campaign of "Accident Free" lighting and offer the wealth of their experience and all
possible assistance to Lighting Authorities; and ask for their co-operation in return to further the cause of efficient and uniform street lighting.
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