FINLAND: Skilful Driving

In Abo (the capital of Finland is Helsingfors) recently the Civic Council decreed the total suppression of “horn nuisance,” made it a misdemeanor for motorists to give audible signs of their approach.

News of this deed flashed to the capital of Norway, “Beautiful Oslo.” fired members of the Royal Automobile Club with a great resolve. In a manifesto soon signed by aristocratic clubbers they proposed “that in every city of the Kingdom of Norway the use of the horn shall be done away with, so that the attention it involves on the part of the automobilist may be redirected to skilful driving.”