What does a chip from a car horn when you lock a door have to do with safe operation of a vehicle?  The express purpose of vehicle inspections is to ensure that the vehicle is safe to operate on the highway, not to create a bigger government that try’s to regulate all types of behavior.

If the chirping disturbs the peace, violates a noise ordinance or other law then handle the violation through the proper channels/charges.  The proposed modification of the inspection regulations reaches outside thier purpose and should not be adopted!

Most auto manufacturers leave the default setting for the keyless entry systems to their newer model cars set to sound the horn upon entry and exit.

Given that the Code of Virginia specifies that auto horns are to be used solely as a warning device, the use of horns to announce entry or exit from a vehicle is an improper use.

By ensuring that the keyless entry system is set to the silent mode during auto inspections, the unwarranted sounding of horns marking the entry and exit from vehicles would be minimized, This action would likely provide the collateral benefit of restoring the value of horns as a warning device, given that hundreds of false warnings would no longer be heard by the citizens.

The current situation could be likened to the story, The Boy Who Cried Wolf. Citizens will begin to ignore the horns as background noise and the use of horns as a useful warning device will be greatly diminished, without this rule change.