Cats Eyes Road Inventor

Realising that driving at night was becoming a more common occurrence the inventor in Shaw decided that something needed to be done to make the roads safer at night.

Cats eyes road inventor. Cats eyes are now set in rubber domes that are mounted in an iron housing. Jim Rees tells the story of Percy Shaw the inventor of Cats Eyes Arent reflecting roadstuds wonderful. The Cats Eye was invented in 1934 by Yorkshireman Percy Shaw and has no doubt saved thousands of lives on the roads over the years.

Wiki Percy_Shaw. In 1934 he patented his invention patent No. Creepy Cat Eyes Inspire Road Markers And Other Unexpectedly Interesting Inventions Two kinds of cats eyes.

What if I called them cats eyes those glass balls set into road surfaces which reflect a cars headlights at night. The light reflecting from the eyes of a cat. Photos in the public domain.

He patented the reflective road stud or cats eye in 1934 and set up a company to manufacture his invention in 1935. The World of Whicker - The Cats Eyes Man. Eventually cats eye reflector was caught.

Enabling vehicles to travel in the dark the fog and during the blackout of World War II whilst helping to save numerous lives on the UKs roads the invention of the cats eye is credited to Percy Shaw. This simple invention is still in use today and with more and more traffic on the roads is more important than ever in defining where the centre of a road is. On a foggy Yorkshire night 85 years ago the shine of a cats eyes was his Eureka moment Percy Shaw inventor of the cats eye road safety device outside his factory in Boothtown Halifax.

Manufacturer and inventor percy shaw was born on april 15 1890 in halifax england. Both are non-negotiably creepy. He is best known for inventing the cats eye the reflective block that is set into roads to make it easier for motorists to identify the division between lanes and the edges of the roads at night.