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Pink Stockings For Road Safety
Captain W. Brass asked leave in the House of Commons on March 2 to introduce a bill requiring the carrying of rear reflectors on bicycles. He was told that the real reflector was a pair of pink silk stockings, but he did not want to make all female cyclists wear pink stockings. A red disc would reflect back the light from any vehicle that followed, and a great number of lives would be saved.
Commander Kenworthy, opposing the bill, said it would be just as logical to make sheep carry discs on their tails. Policemen patrolling the roads, and even lovers, would have to carry red discs. motorists ought to drive more carefully.
Leave was granted by 203 votes to 71, and the bill was read a first time.
Description source:
The Telegraph, 24 May 1926
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