Sin,—With reference to the paragraph under " A Spectator's Notebook
" in your issue of January 19th, will you allow me to suggest that the trouble arises from the fact that, however carefully a motorist drives, he cannot under the present light- ing conditions see a pedestrian until he is right on him? It is a question of visibility, or rather invisibility, and there is no doubt that this could be greatly improved and the death- roll much lessened if those who have to go out at night, especially in the country, could be persuaded to wear some form of white coat, similar to those worn by cowmen in accredited dairies, kennel maids, and hunt servants when working among the hounds in kennel. These are quite inexpensive and can quite well be made at home. .
I was given this hint during the last War, and I think that if brought into general use, especially in suburban and country districts, it would be found to add very much to the safety of pedestrians during the black-out, and would reduce the present
appalling death-roll.—Yours faithfully, NORTHBROOK. Pursers, Bramdean, Alresford. Hants.
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