Car horns should be replaced by duck quacks, scientists say

Staff writer
A mallard duck splashes in the Great Stour river in Westgate Gardens, Canterbury, Kent, as forecasters predict that a wave of warm air will move across the country in the coming days.
A mallard duck splashes in the Great Stour river in Westgate Gardens, Canterbury, Kent, as forecasters predict that a wave of warm air will move across the country in the coming days.

Cities could be about to become much quieter now that a team of scientists have come up with a more calming alternative to the traditional blaring horn.

A team from the Soongsil University in Seoul, South Korea, have come up with research suggesting that a horn resembling the sound of a duck quacking is a far more 'pedestrian-friendly' alternative to the typical angry-sounding horn most of us are accustomed to.

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