Sir, - Since Ireland has long periods of darkness in the winter months and suffers a high rate of pedestrian deaths, Irish clothing companies could adopt a procedure long followed by Finnish clothing companies, which sew a reflective strip around the legs and arms of tracksuits and activity clothes.
In addition, Finnish banks and post offices freely give their customers plastic reflectors which can be hung with a clip from any type of clothing. The spinning motion of such reflectors, which are often in the shape of cute animals to encourage children to wear them, catches light from car or street lamps very effectively. - Yours, etc., Niall O'Donoghue,
Jyvaskyla, Finland.