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HRS §291C-48

One-way roads and traffic circles

This section lets the state and counties mark certain roads or lanes as one-way using official signs. Drivers must follow the marked direction and, in a traffic circle, must drive to the right of the island.

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The statute, as written — One-way roadways and rotary traffic islands

(a) The director of transportation and the counties with respect to highways under their respective jurisdictions may designate any highway, roadway, part of a roadway, or specific lanes upon which vehicular traffic shall proceed in one direction at all or such times as shall be indicated by official traffic-control devices. (b) Upon a roadway so designated for one-way traffic, a vehicle shall be driven only in the direction designated at all or such times as shall be indicated by official traffic-control devices. (c) A vehicle passing around a rotary traffic island shall be driven only to the right of the island.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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