On a freeway there are safety dots and reflective wedges called Bott's Dots and Woody's Wedges. Who invented Woody's Wedges?

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In New Zealand we call them 'Cats Eyes', but if you go to http://www.talkingroads.org/ll.html where they are called Life-Lites, it will explain who invented them. And it also explains where Bott's Dots came from. Sep 02 01, 9:05 PM

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I'm unable to find anything called a "Woody's Wedge" similar to the other items. What I am finding appears to be some kind of snowmobile stud. http://www.billynorman.com/snmbl-3.htm More on Bott's Dots: http://www.its.berkeley.edu/techtransfer/resources/pub/nl/fall99/genesis.html More on Percy Shaw and his invention of Cats' Eyes: http://www.design-technology.info/inventors/page14.htm http://www.catworld.co.uk/articlecatworld.asp?artid=392&cat=General%20Features&pre= Feb 13 05, 9:36 AM

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