{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-31-23-8","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 31-23-8","heading":"Horn required.","body":"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 two hundred feet (200′). However, 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 reasonably necessary to insure safe operation give audible warning with his or her horn but shall not otherwise use the horn when upon a highway. Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.","path":["Title 31 Motor and Other Vehicles","Chapter 23 Equipment and Accessories Generally"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE31/31-23/31-23-8.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:58:23Z","sha256":"0798b5485ca3cb49e9b3fa7011e57ae49376979ff44c0e9effbab85fbeed77b4","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-31-23-7","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-31-23-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}