Herr Wobbel (old photo).
A Stuttgart man, Heinrich Wobbel, has stunned neighbours with his efficient, no nonsense approach to vehicles speeding past his home every day. “It is not only dangerous,” the retired engineer said, “the noise is frightful and my wife cannot sleep in peace with all the racket.” Although the police are sympathetic they are questioning the legality of Wobbel’s invention and believe that, even if not actually illegal, it is certainly ruthless and may give Germany a bad name world wide. Wobbel is unimpressed by criticism, “Traffic is down to 5KPH and noise is below that of birdsong,” he said pugnaciously. “If more people did what I did, perhaps peoples’ rights may be more respected.” Hit Click to see the invention in operation.]
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