AN INVENTION intended to help emergency vehicles cut through traffic has run into trouble.
Called the Warn-Tone, the device has been developed by James Hutchison, a firefighter from Buckinghamshire. His idea is to warn drivers an emergency vehicle is coming before they hear its siren.
Although most drivers react quickly to sirens, many others cause delays and accidents by responding too slowly, or by driving dangerously once they realise they’re causing an obstruction.
Hutchison, who regularly has to negotiate crammed streets in a 12-tonne fire engine, blames improved vehicle soundproofing, high-output stereos, and a simple lack of road awareness on…
