                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ILLEGAL SIRENS, WHISTLES, ETC.; UNLAWFUL USE OF WARNING DEVICES; EXCEPTIONS (§
46.2-1060)

It shall be unlawful for any vehicle to be equipped with or for any person to
use on any vehicle any siren or exhaust, compression or spark plug whistle, or
horn except as may be authorized in this title. It shall be unlawful for any
vehicle operated on a public highway to be equipped with any warning device that
is not of a type that has been approved by the Superintendent. It shall further
be unlawful for any person at any time to use a horn otherwise than as a
reasonable warning or to make any unnecessary or unreasonably loud or harsh
sound by means of a horn or other warning device. However, vehicles of common
carriers or extraordinarily large and heavy vehicles may be equipped with such
type of warning device as the Superintendent may require or permit.
		Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, a siren, bell, or supplemental
horn may be used on a vehicle as a noisemaker for an alarm system if the device
is installed so as to prohibit actuation of the system by the driver while the
vehicle is in motion.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 46-290; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-284; 1962, c. 146; 1970, c.
283; 1989, c. 727.