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New York bans them; others will follow
POLITICIANS have not always shown much faith in the American motorist. In 1905, there was an attempt to ban windscreen wipers because it was feared they would hypnotise drivers. In 1930, an effort was made to take radios out of cars; they were disturbing and distracting. And of course there are speed limits so low that visiting Germans have to be trained how to drive below them. Now American motoring's one area of comparative laisser faire is under fire.
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