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SECTION 31-23-8

§ 31-23-8 Horn required. – Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway shall be equipped with a hornin good working order and capable of emitting sound audible under normalconditions 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 soundor a whistle. The driver of a motor vehicle shall when reasonably necessary toinsure safe operation give audible warning with his or her horn but shall nototherwise use the horn when upon a highway. Violations of this section aresubject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.

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SECTION 31-23-8

§ 31-23-8 Horn required. – Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway shall be equipped with a hornin good working order and capable of emitting sound audible under normalconditions 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 soundor a whistle. The driver of a motor vehicle shall when reasonably necessary toinsure safe operation give audible warning with his or her horn but shall nototherwise use the horn when upon a highway. Violations of this section aresubject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.

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SECTION 31-23-8

§ 31-23-8 Horn required. – Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway shall be equipped with a hornin good working order and capable of emitting sound audible under normalconditions 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 soundor a whistle. The driver of a motor vehicle shall when reasonably necessary toinsure safe operation give audible warning with his or her horn but shall nototherwise use the horn when upon a highway. Violations of this section aresubject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.