Part of the soundtrack of Los Angeles is the sound of the myriad vehicles that make their way through the city every day — the hum of the engines, the music blaring from the radios and, of course, the ...

A federal appeals court says honking isn't First Amendment–protected activity. There's no constitutional right to honk your car horn, according to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. The ...

WASHINGTON – Don’t honk if you agree. The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a California traffic law that bans honking – other than to warn another driver − turning down a challenge to the law from a ...

Is horn-honking protected by the First Amendment? That’s what Californian Susan Porter is about to find out, as she takes her case to the Supreme Court, after being ticketed for honking her horn in ...

Charges against a Washington state woman for illegally honking her car horn have been dropped after the state supreme court ruled the horn-honking law unconstitutional. The woman lives in Snohomish ...

The city’s noise code has limited the use of vehicle horns for almost a century. Enforcing the law is another matter. By Erin Nolan Hardly a second had passed since the light turned green, but there ...

After a long day at work—or an even longer day with the kids—it may be tempting for many to release frustration on fellow drivers or pedestrians by means of the car horn. But honking the horn is a bad ...

A car horn is a critical safety device. According to the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) No. 101, “all vehicles must have a horn audible from at least 200 feet.” As a PennDoT certified ...