MOTOR HORNS
TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRESS. Sir, —I read with interest the traffic committee’s suggestion of curtailing, the blowing of motor-horns in the city. This idea has been in my mind for the last 10 years, and although, motoring conditions have changed considerably in that time, I still think that horns are used too much. My contention is that if motor horns were prohibited altogether, there would be far fewer accidents. There are points for and against the idea, of course, but if once motorists became used to not sounding the horn, they would become more careful and alert, and at the same time create a more friendly spirit betwen themselves and pedestrians and cyclists, who in the majority of cases think that motorists blow the horn for them to get out of the way, which is not the case. If motorists took particular notice and sounded the horn only when really necessary, they would be surprised how little it would be used.—Yours, etc., • MOTORIST. August 19, 1936.
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21866, 20 August 1936, Page 8
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