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Sec. 18-101. Illegal sirens, whistles, etc.; unlawful use of
horns, etc.
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It shall be unlawful for any vehicle to be equipped with or for
any person to use upon any vehicle any siren or exhaust,
compression or spark plug whistle or horn, except as may be
authorized in this chapter. It shall be unlawful for any vehicle to
be equipped with or for any person to use any horn or warning
device while upon a street or any way open to public travel
that is not of a type that has been approved by the superintendent
or 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;
except, that the 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.
(Code 1959, § 18-101.)

 
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For similar state law, see Code of Va., § 46.1-284.

As to use of siren or similar machine in city generally, see § 19-65 of this Code.