§ 59. Captain Sir WILLIAM BRASSasked the Minister of Transport whether he will consider the use of metal studs for marking out pedestrians' paths across the London streets, as has been successfully adopted in Paris for many years, in substitution for the "Please cross here boards, which are often illegible to pedestrians through lack of paint, and are invisible to drivers of cars with low roofs?
§ Lieut.-Colonel HEADLAMThe best means of indicating crossing places for pedestrians has been engaging the attention of the Departmental Committee on Traffic Signs appointed by the late Minister of Transport. My hon. Friend is expecting to receive the report of this Committee very shortly, and will then consider what further action is necessary.
§ Sir W. BRASSWill the hon. and gallant Member consider the advisability of making an experiment of the suggestion I have made on a large scale in London before that?
§ Lieut.-Colonel HEADLAMI cannot actually promise to do that, but I am in sympathy with the suggestion, and I will do my best to see that it is brought to the notice of the Department.