HCC §24-137
Yield sign rules and when drivers must stop
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section says yield signs must follow state standards. Drivers approaching a yield sign must stop if needed for safety, at the crosswalk, stop line, or a point with a clear view. Certain locations are yield locations when marked with signs.
The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Yield sign described; compliance
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.
(a) The yield sign shall comply with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, as amended. (b) The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign, if required for safety to stop, shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, in the event there is no crosswalk, at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering the intersection. (c) The locations described in schedule 13, section 24-265, are yield locations when marked by appropriate signs giving notice thereof.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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