coimbatore to free the city from noise pollution police are planning to ban use of air horns and musical hornsdeputy commissioner of police n mathivanan who chaired a meeting at the city police commissionerate on saturday to launch a nohonking campaign urged motorists especially bus and truck drivers to stop using the highdecibel hornsregional transport department officials autorickshaw calltaxi omni bus and private bus operators and students from city colleges attended the meetingakbar ali an autorickshaw driver from the railway station stand said bus and truck drivers use the horns to shock small vehicles and pedestrians out of their way they are a health hazard to everyone especially children and patients regional transport officials should take stringent action against the drivers for using highdecibel hornsrto officials can play a crucial role in phasing out the horns said parthiban an autorickshaw driver from dr ambedkar auto stand on variety hall road rtos should conduct a oneweek class for youngsters who apply for license for the first time about proper use of horns and headlights it is the duty of everyone to make coimbatore honkfree he saidomni bus owners are ready to cooperate with police to curb noise pollution secretary of omni bus owners association senthil kumar said we have removed the noisy horns from most of the buses police should introduce a dedicated phone number for the public to inform about traffic violations including use of such hornsa whatsapp group will be formed soon for the purpose mathivanan replied autorickshaw drivers omni bus private bus and government bus drivers will be included in the group he added