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 146. We should like to take this opportunity of thanking the many organisations and individuals who have assisted us in our task. In particular we would mention the representative organisations listed in Appendix I whom we consulted both when first principles were under discussion and later when we sought their comments on the experimental signs erected on the Preston By- Pass; we express our appreciation of the obvious trouble they took in giving us the benefit of their views on both occasions.

147. We must particularly acknowledge the valuable assistance given to us by the Road Research Laboratory, especially in arranging a demonstration of photographs and diagrams at the Laboratory to illustrate practice abroad, in organising practical demonstrations of various experimental signs at Hendon Aerodrome, which we saw at speed both by day and by night, and in undertaking special research into the legibility distance of various kinds of lettering and signs. We also wish to acknowledge the contribution to our discussion of colour made by Air Vice-Marshal Neely of the R.A.F. Central Medical Establishment and Squadron Leader Whiteside and Mr. C. Cameron of the Institute of Aviation Medicine.

148. We wish also to take this opportunity of expressing our appreciation of the valuable contribution made to this report by Mr. Jock Kinneir, the designer, who has been associated with us from a very early stage in our work. He has always fulfilled our often heavy demands on his time and resources with the utmost patience and good humour, but, more important still, he has produced designs which will, we believe, be welcomed as distinguished and effective solutions of an important problem.

149. We also wish to express our gratitude to the Lancashire County Council and the Lancashire Constabulary for their helpfulness and hospitality in making the necessary arrangements for our inspection of the experimental signs on the Preston By-Pass. Our especial thanks are due to the Council's Highways Committee, under their Chairman Alderman Doodson, to Mr. James Drake, the County Surveyor and Bridgemaster, and to Chief Superintendent Wren of the Lancashire Constabulary, who accompanied us on our inspection.

150. Similarly, we wish to thank Superintendent Pritchard and Sgt. King of the Hertfordshire Constabulary, who accompanied us on our later inspection of the signs on the London-Yorkshire Motorway and whose practical knowledge and experience of conditions on the motorway proved most helpful.

151. To our secretaries, Mr. R. L. Huddy, who established us on our path, and Mr. A. W. Lovett, who saw us through to the final completion of this report, we owe a great deal. There has been a complicated mass of material to assimilate and to present to us and we have been very satisfied with the clarity and thoroughness with which this has been achieved and with the skill that has been shown in drawing up our decisions in a form suitable if necessary for publication.

A. W. Lovett, Secretary, 1st December, 1960.