HCC §24-120
Nighttime warning devices required for certain vehicles
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section says that certain large vehicles and vehicles towing house trailers must carry warning devices for nighttime driving. The devices must meet specific standards and be visible from a distance. It lists what equipment is required.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Certain vehicles to carry flares or other warning devices;
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.
specifications. (a) No person shall operate any motor truck, passenger bus or truck tractor, or any motor vehicle towing a house trailer at any time from a half hour after sunset to a half hour before sunrise unless there shall be carried in such vehicle the following equipment except as provided in section 24-126. (1) At least three flares or three red electric lanterns or three portable red emergency reflectors, each of which shall be capable of being seen and distinguished at a distance of not less than six hundred feet under normal atmospheric conditions at nighttime. All flares, fusees, electric lanterns, or cloth warning flags used for the purpose of compliance with the requirements of this section shall meet the current specifications of the Society of Automotive Engineers. No portable reflector unit shall be used for the purpose of compliance with the requirements of this section unless it is so designed and constructed as to include two reflecting elements one above the other, each of which shall be capable of reflecting red light clearly visible from all distances within six hundred feet to one hundred feet under normal atmospheric conditions at night when directly in front of lawful upper beams of headlamps, and unless it is of a type which meets the current specifications of the Society of Automotive Engineers. (2) At least three red-burning fuses unless red electric lanterns or red portable emergency reflectors are carried. (3) At least two red-cloth flags, not less than twelve inches square, with standards to support such flags.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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