PRINTER'S NO. 737
No. 664 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY ADOLPH, CIVERA, MICOZZIE, BISHOP, CALTAGIRONE,
CLARK, COLAFELLA, COSTA, CRUZ, CURRY, DeWEESE, FRANKEL,
GEIST, GEORGE, HENNESSEY, HORSEY, JAMES, KELLER, LAUGHLIN,
LEDERER, MAHER, MANN, MARSICO, McNAUGHTON, MELIO, PISTELLA,
READSHAW, SAINATO, SHANER, SOLOBAY, THOMAS, TIGUE, TRELLO,
WALKO, WATERS, J. WILLIAMS, WILT, WOGAN, WOJNAROSKI,
YOUNGBLOOD AND YUDICHAK, FEBRUARY 13, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 13, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for audible warning devices.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 4535 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
6 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
7 § 4535. Audible warning devices.
8 (a) General rule.--Every motor vehicle operated on a highway
9 shall be equipped with a horn or other audible warning device of
10 a type approved in regulations of the department.
11 (b) Certain sound devices prohibited.--Except as
12 specifically provided in this part or by regulations of the
13 department, no vehicle operated on a highway shall be equipped
14 with a siren, bell, whistle or any device emitting a similar
15 sound or any unreasonably loud or harsh sound.
1 (c) Exceptions.--This section shall not apply to any special
2 mobile equipment, commercial implement of husbandry or implement
3 of husbandry that is not so equipped by the original
4 manufacturer.
5 (d) Construction trucks.--Every construction truck shall be
6 equipped with an audible warning device of a type approved by
7 the department that will emit a sound when the vehicle is placed
8 in reverse.
9 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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