NOISE
Sir, —In your article on noise abatement in Saturday's issue you make some statements which I think are open to question. You say that motordrivers in general have developed a conscience with regard to " droning on the horn " and "tooting" to announce their arrival and that the tramcars are the worst offenders in the matter of noise. I have noticed no improvement in the conduct of motor-drivers. They "toot the horn" on every possible occasion night and day. The only difference is that the most modern cars are fitted with the most strident horns. The tramcars are bad enough in all conscience, but they do go to rest for a time during the night, whilst the cars and cycles make both night and day hideous. I live at a busy intersection and in the night there is scarcely a car passes but the driver plants his hand firmly on the horn button and his foot on the accelerator and goes for all his worth for fear some fool drives into him at the corner. Brrrrp.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19360421.2.165.8
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22399, 21 April 1936, Page 13
Word Count
176NOISE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22399, 21 April 1936, Page 13
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.