30 MAY 1952, Page 22

Silencers and Speed SIR,—The Spectator notes the close correlation between

high speed and death. The young motor-cycle rider greets with dismay the suggestion that he would benefit the community if he used an engine-silencer because he states that this would reduce speed. As reduction of speed would appear to be in his interest as well as those whose peace he now shatters by the noise of his engine, could the Spectator press for the