“SILENCE NIGHT”

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 August 1934, Page 7

“SILENCE NIGHT”

SUCCESS IN LONDON [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYBIGHT.] LONDON, August 28. Police reports indicate that London's first “silence night” was generally successful. There was remarkably little hooting, though the primary effect was that of a considerable slowing down of the traffic. The motorists rounded cor. ners slowly, using the headlights as signals on the twelve mile drive through the west of London. Hospitals especially benefited. MINISTER’S THANKS [BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS.] RUGBY, August 28. Reports from all sources have raeched the Transport Ministry regarding the first experience of the silent zone in London, which became effective last night, when the order was put into operation, forbidding the use of motor horns within five miles of Charing Cross after 11.30 p.m. 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. Mr. Hore Belisha 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-opera-tion 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.”