(A) Every vehicle when on a highway shall be so equipped as to make a minimum of noise, smoke, or other nuisance, to protect the rights of other traffic, and to promote the public safety.
(KRS 189.020)
(B) Except as provided in any regulations adopted by the state pursuant to KRS 189.287, every motor vehicle and bicycle 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 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.
(KRS 189.080)
(C) Every motor vehicle with an internal-combustion, steam, or air motor shall be equipped with a suitable and efficient muffler. No person while on a highway shall operate a motor vehicle with the muffler cut out or removed. No cutout shall be so arranged or connected as to permit its operation or control by the driver of any motor vehicle while in position for driving. No person shall modify the exhaust system of a motor vehicle or an off-highway vehicle in a manner which will amplify or increase the noise emitted by the motor of such vehicle above that emitted by the muffler originally installed on the vehicle. The original muffler shall comply with all of the noise requirements of KRS Ch. 224 and any regulations promulgated pursuant thereto. No person shall operate a motor vehicle with an exhaust system so modified.
(KRS 189.140)
(Prior Code, § 71.27) (Ord. 4-1977, passed 3-3-1977) Penalty, see § 71.99