Rhode Island Statutes

§ 31-23-8 — § 31-23-8. Horn required.

Rhode Island·Title 31 Motor and Other vehicles·Ch. 31-23 Equipment and Accessories Generally

§ 31-23-8. Horn required.

Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway shall be equipped with a horn in good working order and capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than two hundred feet (200′). However, no horn or other warning device shall emit an unreasonably loud or harsh sound or a whistle. The driver of a motor vehicle shall when reasonably necessary to insure safe operation give audible warning with his or her horn but shall not otherwise use the horn when upon a highway. Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.

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Legislative History

P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art 34, § 32; G.L. 1956, § 31-23-8; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 120.

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