HC Deb 27 September 1939 vol 351 cc1315-6
14. Sir Robert Young

asked the Minister of Transport whether it is his intention, in view of the increased danger to the travelling public, especially in London, caused by winter fogs, to make arrangements and issue instructions beforehand which will facilitate more easy transport and prevent an increase of accidents and deaths in the absence of proper safeguards governing such weather conditions?

Captain Wallace

I hope that the aids to movement already provided in the form of white lines and the like, coupled with the use of a specially designed mask for headlamps witha dipped beam (which will shortly be available), will permit of traffic movement in fog without more than usual difficulty.

Viscountess Astor

Is it not easier for people to see the white lines when they are completely sober?