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Nigeria's largest city Lagos declared a car "Horn-Free Day" last week aboutforfrominofwith an attempt to raise awareness aboutforfrominofwith noise pollution. People are constantly bombarded aboutforfrominofwith an endless cacophony aboutforfrominofwith screeches, sirens and high-pitched honking aboutforfrominofwith impatient motorists. The Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola told reporters that the extent aboutforfrominofwith the noise aboutforfrominofwith car horns was now serious enough to be a danger to people's hearing. Talking aboutforfrominofwith Horn-Free Day, he told reporters: "It is aboutforfrominofwith our own good. It is for our own health. It is for our own life." The World Health Organization said high-decibel noise pollution was a critical health hazard that increases the risk aboutforfrominofwith cardiovascular diseases and high blood pressure.

Governor Fashola hoped his city's roads would be a little quieter. He contrasted the constant honking aboutforfrominofwith Lagos to the relative quiet aboutforfrominofwith European roads. He said he recently spent ten days aboutforfrominofwith Europe and, "did not hear the sound aboutforfrominofwith a horn while driving". He asked: "Can you imagine that we can drive aboutforfrominofwith Lagos without horns?" However, a Lagos blogger defended the use aboutforfrominofwith the horn as part aboutforfrominofwith the city's culture. He said: "Honking is a beautiful trend aboutforfrominofwith this part of the world, and it is a trend that every class of people aboutforfrominofwith the country embraces." Apart aboutforfrominofwith making other drivers aware of danger, he said people honk to greet friends and celebrate weddings and other happy occasions.