2016 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 75 - VEHICLES
Chapter 45 - Other Required Equipment
Section 4535 - Audible warning devices

75 PA Cons Stat § 4535 (2016) What's This?
§ 4535. Audible warning devices.

(a) General rule.--Every motor vehicle operated on a highway shall be equipped with a horn or other audible warning device of a type approved in regulations of the department.

(b) Certain sound devices prohibited.--Except as specifically provided in this part or by regulations of the department, no vehicle operated on a highway shall be equipped with a siren, bell, whistle or any device emitting a similar sound or any unreasonably loud or harsh sound.

(c) Exceptions.--This section shall not apply to any special mobile equipment, commercial implement of husbandry or implement of husbandry that is not so equipped by the original manufacturer.

(June 23, 1982, P.L.605, No.171, eff. imd.; Dec. 18, 1992, P.L.1411, No.174, eff. 60 days)

1992 Amendment. Act 174 amended subsec. (c).

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