Automobile Radio
‘a \V ASSACHUSETTS is the first American State to forbid the installation of radio sets in motor-cars. This ruling was made because the law states that "nothing shall be permitted in a motor-car’ that interferes with its operation." Yet there is no record of this interpretation being applied to a backseat driver or to a pretty girl who might engage the attention of a onearmed driver. Why discriminate against the radio set? Furthermore, the driver will pay no more attention to the broadcast programme than he will to the chatter of the passenger who is being entertained by it. There may be some justice in prohibiting the operation of a radio set in a car while driving through heavy traffic. But when the car is standing still or being driven on a lonely road, prohibition of fine scenery or other objects of interest which might distract the driver’s attention would be equally reasonable,
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Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 48, 13 June 1930, Page 7
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155Automobile Radio Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 48, 13 June 1930, Page 7
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