LONDON TRAFFIC

Evening Star, Issue 21811, 29 August 1934, Page 7

LONDON TRAFFIC

NOISES AT NIGHT THE SILENCE CAMPAIGN. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. LOn1)ON, August 28. Police reports indicate that London’s first “ silence night ” was generally successful. There was remarkably little hooting, though the primary effect was a considerable slowing down of traffic, motorists cornering slowly and using their headlights as signals on the twelve-mile drive through West London. The hospitals especially benefited. GRATIFYING RESULT MINISTER EXPRESSES APPRECIATION. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, August 28. (Received August 29, at noon.) Reports from all sources have reached the Transport Minister regarding the first experience of the silent zone in London, which became effective last night, when an order was put into operation forbidding the use of motor horns within five miles of Charing Cross after 11.30. The reports are so favourable that there is little doubt that the order will become permanent, particularly as, according to many observers, the experiment has led to the exercise of better caution by drivers. The Minister of Transport (Mr HoreBelisha) is highly gratified with the result of the anti-noise experiment. He assured the public as follows: “Thank you, London; thank you, motorists and pedestrians in equal measure for your splendid co-operation last night. All have their reward in the knowledge that many Londoners enjoyed a better night’s rest than they have had for years. Let us continue.”