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While riding your motorcycle, you notice an acquaintance walking on the pavement. Are you allowed to use the horn to greet them?

While riding your motorcycle, you notice an acquaintance walking on the pavement. Are you allowed to use the horn to greet them?

Correct answer

No

No. Greeting someone does not justify using the horn, either inside or outside built-up areas. Article 110 prohibits unjustified or excessive use. Permitted uses by non-priority vehicles include preventing a possible accident, announcing an intended overtake outside built-up areas and warning of the vehicle’s presence in the circumstances covered by Article 70. This concerns the horn, not taking a hand off the handlebars.

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