2007-01-08 22:32:50 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Private vehicles must not be fitted with air horns is regulated by the Road Traffic Act 1972.
so yes,but they have to catch you using them on your car,just dont disable your standard horn,go on through the town let them rip
2007-01-08 22:36:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A warning device (horn) on a road vehicle in the UK must be clearly audible, and of a single tone or no more than two different tones sounding simultaneously i.e. it must not alternate between different tones.
In other words, multi-toned ones are illegal...
2007-01-10 00:48:04 · answer #2 · answered by Nightworks 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Illegal except on vehicles registered before I think 1982. Multi horns that sound together so as to give a single blast are ok as fitted to most trucks
2007-01-08 23:31:54 · answer #3 · answered by The original Peter G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Air horns are ok but Multitone horns must all blat together. Playing tunes is absolutely illegal and will attract a big fine and penalty points.
Quite right too. Having and using them is antisocial and brain-dead.
2007-01-10 06:34:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Multitone airhorns are legal. Multitone klaxons are illegal except for emergency vehicles.
You are only allowed to use the horn as an audible warning of approach. So if you have a set of horns that plays a tune, it's usually illegal to use them.
2007-01-08 22:38:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes they are illigal to use on the Public highway, However they can be used on private land, if its the only horn on your vehilce you WILL fail the MOT, so make sure if you do fit one it is an extra to the normal horn. Some Police Forces have organised Car Cruses, Weston S Mare for example, when off road many of the cars have them
2007-01-08 22:42:19 · answer #6 · answered by sunnybums 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they are, i've been stopped twice and prosecuted once for my Dukes of Hazard one that i bought over in the States. I like to play it when overtaking someone at speed, its good for a laugh, but if you do that, dont do what i did, DONT play it whilst overtaking an unmarked Ford Mondeo police car - they have no sense of humour at all.
2007-01-08 22:51:29 · answer #7 · answered by thecoldvoiceofreason 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the car must have a single tone horn and not be excessivly loud to pass a UK MOT
2007-01-09 06:22:19 · answer #8 · answered by AntonUK 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well it is illegal i guess coz they check for it in MOT
have a read here .. well not tht whole thing.. just scroll down 2 the section of HORN
http://www.motester.co.uk/cog.html
2007-01-11 09:10:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they were banned in 1982
2007-01-08 22:38:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋