Singapore legislation

Regulation 113

of Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Construction and Use) Rules

Regulation 113

Use of audible warning instruments

Subregulation 1

No person shall, when a vehicle is stationary on a road at any time, sound or cause or permit to be sounded any instrument or apparatus fitted to or otherwise carried on the vehicle, being an instrument or apparatus capable of giving audible and sufficient warning of its approach or position.

Subregulation 2

Subject to this rule and without prejudice to paragraph (1), no person shall sound or cause or permit to be sounded a gong, bell, siren or any instrument or apparatus capable of making a sound similar to that emitted by a gong, bell, siren or a multi-tone horn fitted to or otherwise carried on a vehicle (whether it is stationary or not).

Subregulation 3

Nothing in paragraph (1) or (2) shall have effect to prevent the sounding of an instrument or apparatus fitted to or otherwise carried on a vehicle at a time when the vehicle is being used for one of the purposes specified in rule 24(2) and it is necessary or desirable to do so either to indicate to other road users the urgency of the purposes for which the vehicle is being used, or to warn other users of the presence of the vehicle on the road.

Subregulation 4

Nothing in paragraph (1) shall have effect to prevent the driver of a vehicle or some other person authorised by the owner thereof sounding or causing or permitting to be sounded an instrument or apparatus fitted to or otherwise carried on the vehicle if it is sounded for the purposes of raising an alarm as to the theft or attempted theft of the vehicle or its contents.

Subregulation 5

Subject to section 14 (1) of the Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) Act (Cap. 184) and notwithstanding paragraph (2), a person may sound or cause or permit to be sounded an instrument or apparatus other than a multi-tone horn fitted to or otherwise carried on a vehicle, being an instrument or apparatus designed to emit a sound for the purpose of informing members of the public that the vehicle is conveying goods for sale, if —

(a)

when the instrument or apparatus is sounded, it is sounded only for that purpose; and

(b)

the instrument or apparatus is sounded otherwise than between the hours of 12 midnight and 6 a.m.