Attention has been drawn by Commissioner
Of Metropolitan
Police, of facts of dangers
From vehicular
traffic, increased by the
Decreased street
lighting - to minimise all
Risk, all drivers
are to be warned, that under
No circumstances
are they to drive at unsafe
Speed, and have
regard to circumstances of
Volume of
traffic, pedestrian and vehicular.
Sir Edward Henry
comments, that to protect
London people, by
banning lit streets at night
From possible
raids, forms a new danger.
As in report of
peoples injured on darkened
Streets – A case
in point is the former MP,
Mr Alexander
Wylie for Dumbartonshire, who
Was knocked down
by a motor-omnibus,
On Tuesday night,
crossing Parliament street.
Believing the
street quite clear, Mr Wylie took
A step from the
pavement, and in short steps
Was hit, to be
hurled some yards - but without
Serious injury -
he had treatment at Hospital
Of Westminster,
after which he went to his club,
Over in
Whitehall-gardens, to make a statement.
The ex-MP Mr
Whitely stated, in view of increase
Similar
accidents, believes that all such speeds
Of motor
vehicles, should now be reduced - due
To the absence of
street lights - the authorities
Need to take
action on cars for public protection.
Comes the common
sense comment that even
Without
authorities imposition, risks of accidents
Will be minimised
if both pedestrians and drivers
Now make
adaptations to current war situations.
Drivers of the
motor vehicles should know that
By driving over a
moderate pace there is a raised
Chance of killing
pedestrians, such as old people.
Should not be
forgotten that those on foot should
Keep in mind; if
it is dark for them it is also dark
For drivers –
additionally, cyclists are noted
As needing
attention - their conduct in the city
Late at night,
particularly boys riding without lights,
Are dangers to
those people needing to cross roads.
Also theatres
have been affected by lack of lights
In the city's
streets - Their audiences are deterred
In going to such
establishments of entertainment.
Now two West End
theatres have taken action,
To meet the
changes - giving afternoon matinees,
Restricting to
weekends any evening performances.
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1914. London
Lighting – Darkened Streets – Caution to Drivers. The Daily Telegraph,
[online] 16 Oct. p.11.
Col.2. Available at:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11165436/Daily-Telegraph-October-16-1914.html
[Accessed: 16 October 2014].
Mann, J., 2014. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal
communication, 15 August 2014).
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