HCC §24-116

Backup warning devices on construction trucks

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This section allows trucks that haul dirt, rock, concrete, or other construction material to have a horn, bell, or whistle on the back. The device must be loud enough to be heard from at least 200 feet away. It can only be used while the truck is backing up.

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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Back-up warning device

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.

Any truck used to haul dirt, rock, concrete, or other construction material may be equipped with a horn, bell, or whistle in the rear, capable of emitting a sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than two hundred feet. Such warning device, however, shall be sounded only while the truck is backing up. Division 7. Tires.

Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗as published Jul 16, 2026our copy taken Aug 21, 2026

Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.

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