Nevada: Is it legal to put a train horn on a car?
Nevada bars any horn from making an unreasonably loud or harsh sound or a whistle, which a train horn likely breaks.
Every car needs a horn audible from 200 feet, but no horn may make an unreasonably loud or harsh sound or a whistle. Sirens, whistles and bells are banned on vehicles except where the chapter allows them, mainly emergency vehicles. Air horns and train horns aren't named, so this is not an express ban, but a typical train horn likely fails the loudness rule.
Conditions
- Horn must not emit an unreasonably loud or harsh sound or a whistle
- Horn may be used only when reasonably necessary for safe operation
What the law says
Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway must 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 the horn or other warning device must not emit an unreasonably loud or harsh sound or a whistle. ... A vehicle must not be equipped with, and a person shall not use upon a vehicle, a siren, whistle or bell, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
Sources
- NRS 484D.400 Official · leg.state.nv.us
Confirm with the state
- Agency
- Nevada Highway Patrol
- Phone
- 775-687-5300
- Website
- nhp.nv.gov
How bordering states compare
- Arizona Allowed with limitsArizona has no train horn ban, but no horn may make an unreasonably loud or harsh sound or a whistle.
- California Allowed with limitsCalifornia has no train horn ban, but no horn may make an unreasonably loud or harsh sound.
- Idaho Allowed with limitsIdaho bans horns that make an unreasonably loud or harsh sound or a whistle, which a typical train horn likely fails.
- Oregon Allowed with limitsOregon has no express train-horn ban, but unreasonably loud or harsh horn sounds are illegal, and bells, sirens and certain whistles are banned.
- Utah Allowed with limitsUtah says no horn may make an unreasonably loud or harsh sound or a whistle, and bans sirens, whistles and bells on ordinary vehicles.