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Percy Shaw, the Inventor of Catseyes
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Different Coloured Catseye Bulbs

In his original patent, Percy Shaw suggested that different colours of reflector could be used to indicate different levels of road hazard. Today varying colours are used on motorways and to indicate junctions.

 

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