Template:Did you know nominations/Slough experiment

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:07, 2 August 2019 (UTC)

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Slough experiment

 * ... that the 1955-57 Slough experiment led to the town being known as a "safety town" for the next 50 years? "Slough in Berkshire, which has promoted itself as a "safety town" for 50 years" (Yorkshire Post)
 * ALT1:... that a "keep left" system for pedestrians was trialled as part of the Slough experiment? "the object of the 'keep left' campaign for pedestrians..." (page 42)
 * ALT2:... that 1955-7 trials of a "keep left" system for pedestrians in Slough, Berkshire proved unsuccessful partly because it was ignored by people who wanted to look at shop windows? "There was the Slough road safety experiment in 1957, when signs were used in an effort to persuade pedestrians to keep to the left, but that did not work. The majority either kept to the right or to the side nearest to the shop windows they wanted to look at." (Hansard)
 * ALT3: ... that the British government experimented on Berkshire residents in the 1950s? As a more humorous, misdirection hook


 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Wildlife of Togo (1/3)

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 10:01, 17 June 2019 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg..New enough, long enough, hook in article followed by inline citation and is in source. No copyvio issues. QPQ done. I like ALT2, although there may be a better way to put it. Thank you Whispyhistory (talk) 14:13, 19 June 2019 (UTC) |}}