2025 Georgia Codes – Page 385

40-8-70

Horns and warning devices

Siren prohibited in place of hornWhistle prohibited

(a) Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway shall be equipped with a horn in good working order
and capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than 200 feet, but
no horn or other warning device shall emit an unreasonably loud or harsh sound or a whistle. The driver of a
motor vehicle shall, when it is reasonably necessary to ensure safe operation, give audible warning with his
or her horn but shall not otherwise use such horn when upon a highway.
(b) No vehicle shall be equipped with nor shall any person use upon a vehicle any siren, whistle, or bell
except as otherwise permitted in this Code section and Code Section 40-8-94.
(c) No vehicle shall be equipped with a theft alarm signal device which is so arranged that it can be used by
the driver as an ordinary warning signal.

40-8-71

Exhaust system