Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1910 — NOISE RESTRICTS MOTORISTS. [ARTICLE]

NOISE RESTRICTS MOTORISTS.

Owners of automobiles all over the country are rapidly bringing upon themselves some rigid restrictions which they will not enjoy. Reform legislation is always slow in coming, and. for that reason generaly goes farther than is necessary. It seems to he the case of the breaking loose of pentup waters. The annoyances referred to are the unnecessary use of horns, whistles and exhaust. Many drivers seem to have a mania for n ak:;ig all the none they can, lest some should fail to realize they are in a moving car. The nuisance is equally unnecessary and offensive, and that it also can be prevented is demonstrated in nearlyall European cities, where heavy fines are imposed for violation. The result is a smoking car is seldom seen, for other drivers immediately call attention of the offender to his car. The motorcycle is even more offensive in its noise making. This, too, is equally unnecessary. The motorcycles in England make no more noise than a sewing machine. The public has about reached its limit of endurance of these disturbances of the peace and unless the offenders promptly reform themselves city ordinances should and will be passed and enforced without regard to who the offender may be. —Popular Mechanics.