MOTORISTS AND NOISE.
TEST FOR A MINISTER. DEFENCE OF ELECTRIC HOKN. KON'DON, Nov. I. Many motorists called at the office of the Ministry of Transport to defend the electiic motor horn which the auti noise, proposals of tile Minister, Colonel VV. Ashley, Would abolish. I lie result, uas pandemonium, says the Manchester Ouardian. It was urged that the bulb horn, oflicially favoured as more quiet, v.as as noisy as any, and that its action was slower and more uncertain. Officials of the Automobile Club brought A car from which they demonstrated the effectiveness of the two-note horn, while Lord Cur/.on, whose speeding proclivities have led to him being brought before the court more I linn once, performed vigorously on ,h gong. Flapping mudguards are not defended, but motor horns play a small part, in the cacophony of Loudon Compared with the electric pick, they >siag a silent Song.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20098, 8 November 1928, Page 12
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