LESS NOISY HORNS
MOTOR TRADE AGREEMENT
IN BRITAIN
(British Official Wireless.} (Received July 21, 9 a.m.)
RUGBY, July 19.
As a result of an agreement reached with the Minister of Supply, Mr. Leslie Burgin, manufacturers of motor horns will limit the noise output of horns in future:
. An undertaking has been given to the Minister that after October 1 the manufacturers will not offer for sale instruments with a loudness, under specified conditions of test, exceeding 100 phons, except in. the case of the wind-driven type of instrument, for which the figure is to be 105 phons. Vehicle manufacturei's will co-operate by fitting only horns that comply with the agreed standard.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 18, 21 July 1939, Page 9
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111LESS NOISY HORNS Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 18, 21 July 1939, Page 9
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