NOISY MOTOR-CYCLES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20767, 9 January 1931, Page 14

NOISY MOTOR-CYCLES.

Sir, —Much has appeared in the prcsi of late concerning' the noisy motor-cyclist mostly with reference to the main thoroughfares of our city and suburbs. All that has been said, and more, is true of the majority of motor-cyclists, but the residents on the main roads are not the only sufferers. What used to be quiet, restful streets, well off the main road, are now often filled with the discordant noise of these machines, which go explod ing backward and forward in the street, and the more noise they can make the better the riders seem to be pleased. Protests by neighbours avail nothing—the fact that sick people live there, whose recovery is often largely dependent upon the amount of rest they can secure, counts for less than nothing- with these selfish youths, who completely ignore any polito request for a little consideration. Sunday is generally worse than any other day. Can nothing be done in such a case, or must a whole neighbourhood be disturbed bv what amounts to nothing less than a public nuisance? The motor-cyclist must be made to realise that there are other people in the world besides himself. E.J.B.