Mini skirts for road safety

1970: Liverpool officer Lionel Piper urged young women to wear mini skirts. In the interests of road safety. Sure, that was it... road safety!

The Hackensack Record - Jan 14, 1970

Young women in the 1970s dressed for road safety

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Posted By: Alex - Mon Oct 26, 2020
Category: Fashion | Highways, Roads, Streets and Traffic | 1970s

Comments

Driving a car in a maxiskirt was thought to be a problem, also. And maybe delivering a baby...

Posted by KDP on 10/26/20 at 09:30 AM

That's just an excuse. Dress a middle-aged woman in a neon yellow maxidress and everybody within a mile will see her all right.

Posted by Yudith on 10/27/20 at 05:33 AM

@Yudith: yes, but not care. A Scouser slapper in not-very-much in mid-winter, OTOH...

Posted by Richard Bos on 10/28/20 at 12:16 PM

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