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The Report of the Conference on Road-traffic Noises

14th May 1929, Page 61
14th May 1929
Page 61
Page 61, 14th May 1929 — The Report of the Conference on Road-traffic Noises
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IT does not appear that. anything very startling has eventuated from the Conference on Road-traffic Noises and Priority of Traffic at Cross-roads.

As regards noise from warning devices, it was not found possible to arrange for any Standard. It was recommended that a regulation be made that when a motorcar is stationary on the highway no person shall use any instrument for the purpose of giving audible warning, except when such use is necessary on the grounds of safety. It was considered, however, that the matter should be further investigated, and that the Ministry of Transport should consult with the National Physical Laboratory with the object of fixing a practical standard.

As regards noise from vehicles, the Conference came to the .conclusion that a regulation should be made forbidding the use On the highway of any motor vehicle which, due to itself or its load, should create any excessive noise owing to faulty construction, lack of repair, or the 'faulty packing of the load, provided that it shall be a good defence to prove that the noise was due to some tem porary or accidental cause and could not have been pre-, vented by the exercise of due care on the part of the owner or driver, or, in the case of proceedings against the driver, to prove ihat the noise arose through the negligence of some other person whose duty it was to keep the motor vehicle in proper condition or properly to pack the load. '

Respecting traffic at cross-roads, the suggested "offside" rule was rejected. It was considered that the best course to adopt was that at road junctions traffic proceeding along a road of lesser traffic importance should look out for and give way to vehicles proceedirp, along one of greater importance, the necessary corollary being that signs should be placed at suitable points on the former roads warning users that they are approaching a road junction where extra caution is required.

Suggestions were made for complete roundabouts for main crossings, partial roundabouts where subsidiary roads crossed main roads and staggered subsidiary roads where these are of quite minor traffic importance.

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