Alaska: Is it legal to put a train horn on a car?
Alaska has no train horn ban, but no horn may make an unreasonably loud or harsh sound or a whistle.
Alaska's rule is in the state's administrative code, not its statutes. It requires a horn audible from 200 feet, bars any horn from making an unreasonably loud or harsh sound, and bans sirens, whistles, and bells on ordinary vehicles. A train horn, built to sound like a locomotive, is likely to fail the loud-or-harsh rule, though no decibel number is set. Drivers may sound the horn only when needed for safety.
Conditions
- Horn must be audible from 200 feet
- No unreasonably loud or harsh sound or whistle
- Horn may be sounded only when reasonably necessary for safe operation
- No sirens, whistles, or bells on non-emergency vehicles
What the law says
A motor vehicle operated upon a highway or other vehicular way or area, except for snowmobiles, must be equipped with a horn in good working order and capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of at least 200 feet, but no horn or other warning device may emit an unreasonably loud or harsh sound or a whistle.
Sources
- 13 AAC 04.210 (Cornell LII) Mirror of official text · law.cornell.edu
Confirm with the state
- Agency
- Alaska Department of Public Safety (Alaska State Troopers)
- Phone
- 907-269-5511
- Website
- dps.alaska.gov
How bordering states compare
Alaska doesn't share a land border with another state.