HCC §18-87
School buses cannot pull trailers or carry freight
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This rule says that when a school bus is carrying students, it cannot pull a trailer or another vehicle. It also cannot carry freight, except for school books and other school materials that students bring with them.
The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Pulling trailer or transporting freight prohibited
A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Hawaiʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
No school bus shall, when being used for the transportation of pupils, be operated or driven with any trailer or other vehicle attached thereto, nor shall any school bus transport freight other than the school books and other school material carried by pupils while carrying school children. Division 4. Inspections.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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