Citation

No Author(s) Listed. J. Am. Med. Assoc. 1939; 113(25): 2251.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1939, American Medical Association)

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Abstract

Britain was blacked out on 1st September 1939, two days before the outbreak of war. Thousands of people died in road accidents. The number of road accidents increased because of the lack of street lighting and the dimmed traffic lights. To help prevent accidents white stripes were painted on the roads and on lamp-posts. People were encouraged to walk facing the traffic and men were advised to leave their shirt-tails hanging out so that they could be seen by cars with dimmed headlights.