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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 189 TRAFFIC REGULATIONS -- VEHICLE EQUIPMENT AND STORAGE
189.140 Mufflers -- Noise regulation.
Download pdfoperate a motor vehicle with the muffler cut out or removed. No cutout shall be so
arranged or connected as to permit its operation or control by the driver of any
motor vehicle while in position for driving. (2) No person shall modify the exhaust system of a motor vehicle or an off highway vehicle in a manner which will amplify or increase the noise emitted by the motor
of such vehicle above that emitted by the muffler originally installed on the vehicle.
The original muffler shall comply with all of the noise requirements of KRS
Chapter 224 and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto. No person shall operate
a motor vehicle with an exhaust system so modified. Effective: October 1, 1942
History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2739g-25.
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