Eye On The Road

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

86

Date Released

1971

Length of issue (in feet)

465

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Amphibious Jet Boat
2. 2Underwater Paint
3. 3Artificial Sun
4. 4Eye On The Road

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: How do you tell whether a driver is keeping his eye on the road? The answer is provided by a piece of equipment developed by the Road Research Laboratory. Basically it films the view the driver has and superimposes a white dot to show where he is looking at every moment. As well as providing information on the driver’s behaviour it also benefits planners in the design of roads, road signs and markings for safer motoring.

Keywords

Science and technology; Safety devices; Road transport

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 49 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/86

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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