ZONE OF SILENCE EXTENDED
GENERAL THROUGHOUT BRITAIN.
RESTRICTION OF TRAFFIC NOISE.
(British Official Wireless.) Rec. 5.5 p.m. Rugby, Sept. 15. Following the succes of the zone o£ silence introduced as an- experiment at London from August 27 the use of horns by motor-vehicles between 11.30 p.m. and 7 a.m. from to-night will be prohibited on all roads throughout the United Kingdom in built-up areas, that ig, roads with street lamps not more than 200 yards apart. All big towns and suburbs and many thousands of miles of roads will thus become a vast silence area each night. The Minister of Transport, Mr. L. HoreBelisha, has issued a personal appeal thanking the motorists of London for cooperating and asking for similar cooperation from motorists throughout the country.
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Taranaki Daily News, 18 September 1934, Page 7
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