Cat's eyes extinct as council adopts 'road studs' because tourists read
its signs too literally:

They're a great British invention that have guided countless travellers
home late at night. But now it seems cat's eyes - or at least the name -
will be scrapped.

The move follows reports of concerned tourists fearing that animal
cruelty had become a standard practice on our country roads.

Signs saying "cat's eyes removed" were being read too literally so,
after a string of mix-ups, Suffolk county council decided to replace
them with signs warning of "road studs" ahead, and from now on the
council will only refer to them that way.

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