On
motor bicycles without a battery or
an insufficiently charged battery which are fitted with
an electrically operated horn, it will be necessary to run
the engine,
An audible warning device is usually an electrical horn.
A horn is defined as an instrument, not being a bell, gong
or siren, capable of giving audible and sufficient warning
of the approach or position of a vehicle,
A motor bicycle first used before
1 August 1973 may be fitted with a bulb
horn.
A motor bicycle may be fitted with a
bell. gong or siren [but not a two tone horn) only as an
anti-theft device.
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1.
Check that the motor bicycle is fitted with a horn or an
instrument capable of giving an audible warning.
2. Check the accessibility and operation of the horn control.
3. Operate the horn and listen to the character of the sound
emitted.
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1.
A horn control missing
2. A horn control
a. faulty or not readily accessible
b. not functioning
3.
a. a horn which operates but is not loud enough to be heard
by another road user.
b. a motor bicycle fitted with a gong, bell. siren or horn
which emits two or more alternating tones
c. In the case of a motor bicycle first used on or after
1 August 1973 a sound which is:
(i) not continuous or uniform
(ii) strident i.e. harsh or grating.
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