Yeh g'day all, I was just wondering, since I have one myself, are air horns really illegal, some say they are and some say they are... Now i know that the ones that "sing a tune" are! but what about the ones that are constant but have three notes???
and if it is different in each state, anyone know what it is for WA?
Have a look at the website for your State's Roads and traffic Authority. It will have the laws there.
As far as I'm aware, air horns are legal if they play a constant note whether they are one or three as long as the pitch doesn't change. It's only the horns that play a tune that are illegal.
Musical air horns: Illegal (Shhhh!)
Air horns: Legal
A horn must be a single monotonous tone (Source: VicRoads) but I don't know about other states though. I am thinking about puttin an air horn but need to hear different sounds that are available. Should be legal in every other state though.
Yeah a air horn is just a horn aint it... so it's not illegal, and you can probably have as many as you want as well seeing as EA's come with 2 horns standard.
I believe you will find that musical horns are illegal because they continue to sound. The horn must cease operation as soon as the button is released. So long as the button is momentary and in easy reach of the driver, the original horn can be removed. This was the case in NSW last time my car was registered there, and in QLD when last I checked.
I believe you will find that musical horns are illegal because they continue to sound. The horn must cease operation as soon as the button is released.
That is not the case. :whip: Musical horns stop as soon as you let go of the horn button as is the case with mine, it doesn't continue after the release of pressure on the pad. Horns must be a single tone which rules musical horns out because of the variations in the tones.
That is not the case. :whip: Musical horns stop as soon as you let go of the horn button as is the case with mine, it doesn't continue after the release of pressure on the pad.
How foolish of me to assume there is a model of musical horn available other than the one you have. I thought my post made it obvious that some horns do as I stated, and are illegal for said reason.
i have my pink slip license and in nsw anyway
you can have air hors on your car as long as the original horn is still there and works the same
ie:the air horns must have thier own swich
depends on decibels as well doesn't it? air horns produce a louder sound. Legally, horns are only for one use - let other road users know where u are to aviod an accident. So a louder air horn would draw more attention to this law IMO.
What about the truck airhorn i have sitting the shed that's stainless steel and about 4 feet long? can i fit that? i reckon that'd give a nice warning!
I think from memory the reason they made air horns that play tunes illegal was because the different tones made it hard to judge where the sound was actually coming from.
If you have some one blow their horn at you from behind you know where it came from. Musical horns can sound like its coming from all directions.
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