§ 27150.3

Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 432, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.
(a)A person may not modify the exhaust system of a motor vehicle with a whistle-tip.
(b)A person may not operate a motor vehicle if that vehicle’s exhaust system is modified in violation of subdivision (a).
(c)A person may not engage in the business of installing a whistle-tip onto a motor vehicle’s exhaust system.
(d)For purposes of

subdivisions (a) and (c), a “whistle-tip” is a device that is applied to, or is a modification of, a motor vehicle’s exhaust pipe for the sole purpose of creating a high-pitched or shrieking noise when the motor vehicle is operated.

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