Cat's eyes - Motorway road studs to be removed over animal cruelty fears
GETTY/TWITTER Cats' eyes are to be removed from roads in Suffolk
Council bosses have scrapped the name of the road kit, designed to guide drivers along in the dark, after visitors raised concerns over the “cat’s eyes removed” signage. Suffolk County Council decided to act after tourists were led to believe animal cruelty had become a standard practice in Britain. Signs have now been replaced by warnings of “road studs” ahead and “cat’s eyes”signs are now extinct in Suffolk. Tourists welcomed the changes to the UK highway safety regulations.
TWITTER The cat's eye signs were causing confusion
It didn't make any sense and seemed very gruesome that people would boast that poor domestic animals were being so horribly mistreated Frances Knobel, American tourist
American Frances Knobel said she was shocked to see the ‘cat’s eyes’ signs when she holidayed in Suffolk. She told the Daily Telegraph: “I had no idea - I had to stop the car and go back to see if I had read the sign correctly. “It didn't make any sense and seemed very gruesome that people would boast that poor domestic animals were being so horribly mistreated. “A local explained that it was name that Brits gave to the light-reflecting rubber pads that reflect headlights.” Mother Rebecca Brewer, from Ipswich, said her daughter thought people were torturing cats. She said: “I have a five-year-old daughter who was very upset the first time she saw the sign - she really thought that cruel people were torturing cats.
GETTY Cat's eyes will be renamed to road studs