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Florida: Is it legal to put a train horn on a car?
Allowed with limits
Florida has no train horn ban, but no horn may make an unreasonably loud or harsh sound or a whistle.
Florida requires a working horn audible from 200 feet and bars any horn from making an unreasonably loud or harsh sound. Sirens, whistles, and bells are banned on ordinary vehicles. A train horn, built to sound like a locomotive, is likely to fail the loud-or-harsh rule, though the law sets no decibel number. A violation is a noncriminal traffic infraction.
Conditions
- Horn must be audible from 200 feet
- No unreasonably loud or harsh sound or whistle
- No sirens, whistles, or bells on non-emergency vehicles
What the law says
No horn or other warning device shall emit an unreasonably loud or harsh sound or a whistle.
Sources
- Fla. Stat. § 316.271 Official · leg.state.fl.us
Confirm with the state
- Agency
- Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (includes Florida Highway Patrol)
- Phone
- 850-617-2000
- Website
- flhsmv.gov