Cat’s eyes: How a pub journey made the world’s roads safer

In 1934, the late Percy Shaw virtually crashed whereas driving dwelling from the pub on a foggy night time in West Yorkshire, in England.

He was saved when his headlights have been mirrored within the eyes of a cat and it gave him an excellent thought. He invented reflective studs for the street and known as them cat’s eyes.

Percy’s great-niece, Glenda Shaw remembers the eccentric inventor.

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