HRS §291-30

Spotlight use

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This law limits how you can use a spotlight in cities, towns, or villages. You must not shine it into the eyes of drivers in oncoming vehicles, and you must turn it off at least 200 feet before an approaching vehicle.

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The statute, as written — Spotlights

A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

No spotlight shall be used in any city, town, or village, and no spotlight shall be so used as to shine in the eyes of the drivers of approaching passing vehicles, and when used every spotlight shall be turned off not less than two hundred feet from an approaching vehicle. [RL 1945, pt of §11707; RL 1955, §311-12; HRS §291-30]

Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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