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OCR: PERCY SHAW (1890 1976) Percy Shaw invented Cat's Eyes He was driving in thick fog in 1933 when the eyes of a cat reflected the headlamps of his car He braked to avoid the cat and then real ised that if he had not stopped he would have driven over cliff. Shaw started his own business, Reflecting Road Studs Ltd in 1935 He never married TIME and lived in the same house from the age of2 until his death, aged 86 in 1976 Shaw kept a Rolls Royce and four television sets in his lounge but MAP had no carpets or curtains His factory was built around sycamore tree which is still there TOPIC PERCY SHAW OFF ON CD INFO NOTES BACK STORIES driv busines arouno svcamore whict STDRIFS