Every motor vehicle, when in use on a highway, shall be equipped with a horn or other device capable of making an abrupt sound sufficiently loud to be heard from a distance of at least two hundred (200) feet under all ordinary traffic conditions. Every person operating an automobile or bicycle shall sound the horn or sound device whenever necessary as a warning of the approach of such vehicle to pedestrians or other vehicles, but shall not sound the horn or sound device unnecessarily. A bell may be used on a bicycle.
Effective: July 12, 2006
History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 173, sec. 7, effective July 12, 2006. — Amended
1974 Ky. Acts ch. 101, sec. 4. — Amended 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 93, sec. 9. — Amended
1952 Ky. Acts ch. 167, sec. 1, effective June 19, 1952. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2739g-28.