{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-40-8-70","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 40-8-70","heading":"Horns and warning devices.","body":"(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.\n(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.\n(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.","path":["TITLE 40 Motor Vehicles and Traffic","CHAPTER 8 Equipment and Inspection of Motor Vehicles","Article 1 Equipment Generally","PART 4 Horns, Exhaust Systems, Mirrors, Windshields, Tires, Safety Belts, Energy Absorption Systems"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.40.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"60d1744d6d6030c10232cadc56d3f8d8ca1168731b6fada9ff7b39399971141f","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-40-8-54","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-40-8-71"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}