2012 South Carolina Code of Laws Section 56-5-4960 – Use of the horn – The driver of a motor vehicle shall, if reasonably necessary to ensure safe driving, emit an audible warning with his horn, but may not otherwise use the horn while on a highway. The sound of your car horn is an effective way to send a message to other drivers or warn a pedestrian. But what if you don`t like it or want to have a new experience with your favorite car? I installed five pneumatic horns in my first car with a compressor to play them in the Dukes of Hazard sequence. I had a switch on the dashboard to select the standard horn or the modified horn. Basically, you can have an additional secondary horn (or several) as long as you still have a usable “standard horn”. I should say I`m in the UK, so the laws may be different, but I had no problem taking a roadworthiness test. Apart from the technical challenges, are there any legal consequences to this? Section 16 No person shall drive a motor vehicle or permit its use in public or private manner, whether by law or otherwise, and the use of which is prohibited by motor vehicles, provided that a notice of such prohibition is posted prominently at the entrance to the highway. It is prohibited to drive a motor vehicle, nor the owner of such a vehicle to allow it to be used in any way, except fire-fighting and fire-fighting equipment, unless the motor vehicle is equipped with a silencer to prevent excessive or unnecessary noise, the silencer is in good condition and in continuous operation and does not meet the minimum construction and performance requirements; that the Registrar may prescribe. No one is allowed to use a silent cut or bypass.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle in any manner if the motor vehicle (1) is equipped with a silencer whose original deflectors, screens or other interior parts have been removed and not replaced; or (2) with an exhaust system modified to increase or increase exhaust gas noise. No person operating a motor vehicle shall sound a bell, horn or other device, or to drive such a motor vehicle in any manner that is to make a harsh, offensive or inappropriate noise, or to permit the release of smoke or pollutants in quantities or quantities contrary to the air pollution control regulations for motor vehicles made under the provisions of Chapter One Hundred and Eleven. No sirens shall be installed on motor vehicles, except fire-fighting equipment, ambulances, vehicles used by a member of the Commonwealth Police or Fire Service or any Commonwealth political authority or subdivision in the official performance of their duties, and vehicles belonging to firefighters on duty or persons having police powers and used in the official exercise of their duties. their functions. unless approved by the Registrar. No person shall use on or in connection with a motor vehicle a headlamp the beams of which shine more than two feet above the highway at a distance of thirty feet from the vehicle, except that the headlamp may be used to read signs and signals and as an auxiliary lamp if the other lights required by law do not function. Vehicle Code, Section 27000(a): A motor vehicle must be equipped with a well-functioning horn and be capable of making audible sounds under normal conditions at a distance of at least 200 feet, but the horn must not emit an inappropriate loud or violent sound. 1. A motor vehicle travelling on a motorway shall be equipped with a horn or other warning device in operation. The horn or other warning device: be able to emit audible noises at a distance of at least 200 feet under normal conditions; and must not emit a loud or harsh sound or hiss in an inappropriate manner. The driver of a motor vehicle: if reasonably necessary to ensure safe driving, he must emit an audible warning with the horn; and except as provided in subparagraph (1)(c)(i), the horn shall not be used on a highway. I only know that it is illegal in Denmark, you have to have a constant beep.
Texas Transportation Code § 547.501. Audible warning devices – (a) A motor vehicle shall be equipped with a horn in good condition which, under normal conditions, emits a sound at a distance of at least 200 feet. (b) A vehicle shall not be equipped with a siren, whistle or bell and a person shall not be used in a vehicle unless the vehicle is: (1) a commercial vehicle equipped with an anti-theft warning device arranged in such a way that the device cannot be used as an ordinary warning signal; or (2) an authorized emergency vehicle equipped with a siren, whistle or bell as specified in section 547.702. (c) A driver may use a horn only if necessary to ensure safe use. (d) A horn, including a horn, shall not emit a loud or loud sound or hiss in an inappropriate manner. Changing the sound of your car`s horn is one of the easiest DIY modification tasks you`ll ever perform on your vehicle. But this does not eliminate the need for basic mechanical knowledge. If this is what you intend to do, then you should definitely do it. If you get into trouble, this will probably be a warning, if it doesn`t bother anyone or hurt anything on the road, ppl would probably find it hilarious. I would change it to “bruh sound effect #2” Every motor vehicle driven on a highway must be equipped with a work horn capable of emitting audible noise for at least 200 feet under normal conditions. Wisconsin Code 347.38 2011 Horns and warning devices – No person shall drive a motor vehicle on a highway unless the motor vehicle is equipped with a horn that operates well under normal conditions at a distance of at least 200 feet, but no person shall at any time use a horn other than as an adequate warning or make unnecessary or unreasonably loud or harsh noises.
by means of a horn or other warning device. Except as otherwise provided in this section, no vehicle shall be equipped with a siren, compression whistle or exhaust whistle or used by a person in a vehicle. Any vehicle may be equipped with an anti-theft alarm device if the device is so arranged that it cannot be used by the driver as an ordinary warning signal. An approved emergency vehicle is equipped with a siren, but this siren may only be used when the vehicle is used in response to an emergency call or to immediately prosecute an actual or suspected offender in response to a fire alarm, but not when returning from an organ for human transplantation; or, in the case of the transport of medical personnel for the purpose of removal or transplantation of organs immediately after transport, the driver of such a vehicle being required to sound the siren when reasonably necessary to warn pedestrians and other drivers.