PREVENTABLE NOISE

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 77, 1 April 1933, Page 15

PREVENTABLE NOISE

APPEAL TO MOTOR DRIVERS

An appeal was made recently by the Koyal Automobilo .Club to drivers of motor-vehicles to show tho greatest consideration in the use of motor horns. In the opinion of the club, there is still a certain amount of unnecessary noise, although observation in all parts of Britain has slown that there is a marked, diminution in tho. annoyance caused by thoughtless or , impatient hooting. "The club considers that it should be possible to drive at almost all times so that a motor horn is not required, save as a polite warning. ■■/ Correspondence received by the Noise Abatement Association shows that public resentment against the growth of noises prevails in every class of tho community., Protests have been made by medical men, ministers of religion, artists, authors, lawyers, and property owners, and the association is inviting professional . organisations, property owners, and societies interested in tho preservation of social .amenities to co-operate in framing a policy to protect the public. Medical correspondents suggest that the increase of nervous disorders is partly due to noise, and some emphasise the need for action. Property owners assert that there has been some deterioration in values of household property along main roads because of traffic noises. The worst nuisances are stated to be caused by heavy lorries not fitted with silencing devices, and by those which are carelessly driven with rattling mudguards and tailboards. Weekend joy-riders, it is assorted, can be equally noisy in pthor ways.