THE WARNING BUTTON
It is useless to expect people to give warning signals with sufficient frequency if the button is at all difficult to reach. It should be so placed that it can be readily operated whether the driver be cornering, braking, or changing gear. There can be no question that, as one hand is always on the wheel, the device for sounding, the horn should be always reachable by that hand, so that the obvious conclusion is that it can best take the form of a ring below, and somewhat smaller in diameter than the steering wheel itself. A central location for the horn button at the top of the steering column is also quite a good one and for a car which does not call for much gear changing and consequent declutching a horn button on the floorboards, accessible to the left foot, is quite convenient.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 September 1927, Page 2
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148THE WARNING BUTTON Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 September 1927, Page 2
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