Wyoming: Is it legal to put a train horn on a car?
Wyoming says no horn may make an unreasonably loud or harsh sound or a whistle, and bans sirens, whistles and bells on ordinary vehicles.
A car must have a working horn that can be heard from 200 feet. No horn or other warning device may emit an unreasonably loud or harsh sound or a whistle, and sirens, whistles and bells are limited to emergency vehicles and theft alarms. Train horns aren't named, but a typical train horn very likely fails the loud-or-harsh rule.
Conditions
- Horn must be audible from at least 200 feet
- No unreasonably loud or harsh sound or whistle
- No siren, whistle or bell except permitted uses
What the law says
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 (200) feet, but no horn or other warning device shall emit an unreasonably loud or harsh sound or a whistle. ... 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 section.
Sources
- Wyo. Stat. § 31-5-952 Mirror of official text · codes.findlaw.com
Confirm with the state
- Agency
- Wyoming Highway Patrol
- Phone
- (307) 777-4301
- Website
- whp.wyo.gov
How bordering states compare
- Colorado Allowed with limitsColorado has no named train horn ban, but horns may not be unreasonably loud or harsh, and extra audible devices are barred.
- Idaho Allowed with limitsIdaho bans horns that make an unreasonably loud or harsh sound or a whistle, which a typical train horn likely fails.
- Montana Allowed with limitsMontana bars any horn from making an unreasonably loud or harsh sound or a whistle, which a train horn likely breaks.
- Nebraska Allowed with limitsNebraska bans sirens and exhaust whistles on vehicles and bars unnecessary or unreasonably loud or harsh horn use, which likely covers train horns.
- South Dakota Allowed with limitsSouth Dakota bans exhaust horns, sirens and harsh whistles, and forbids unreasonably loud or harsh horn sounds, but does not name air horns.
- 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.