The instructional leaflet on Traffic Signals put out during the Brisbane Exhibition in 1926 by the motor accessory house, Philip Frankel & Co Ltd, really speaks for itself and is quite eloquent in its plea for safe driving.
To quote:
DON’T consider the Police Officer at Corners or Cross Roads your enemy. Consider that he is regulating the traffic just as much for your safety as the other approaching drivers.
Be always considerate for the Police Officer. His is a hard job. Don’t try to abuse him when he points out your faults. You have them just the same as everyone else.
Traffic direction is still a duty that police officers are quite often called upon to practice, the directions don’t seemed to have changed much but the safety of officers is probably more obvious considering the amount of motorised traffic about these days.
To complement the theme of the leaflet we have included some images from the Police Museum collection showing police officers doing their duty out on the streets of Brisbane between the 1930s and now.
This information has been supplied by the Queensland Police Museum from the best resources available at the time of writing.
The Police Museum is open 9am to 4pm Monday to Thursday and 10am to 3pm on the last Sunday of the month (Feb-Nov) and is located on the Ground Floor of Police Headquarters at 200 Roma Street, Brisbane.
Contact: E: museum@police.qld.gov.au
“FROM the VAULT: Directing Traffic, 1926” by the Queensland Police Service is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (BY) 2.5 Australia Licence. Permissions may be available beyond the scope of this licence. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/au/legalcode