HCC §24-148
When driving over the speed limit is against the law
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section says that driving at or below the speed limits set in other parts of the law is legal, unless it is clearly shown to be unsafe. Driving faster than those speed limits is illegal.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Speed law violations
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 speed of any vehicle upon a highway not in excess of the limits specified in sections 24-149 and 24-150 or established as authorized in this chapter is lawful unless clearly proved to be in violation of section 24-147. (b) The speed of any vehicle upon a highway in excess of the maximum speed limits in sections 24-149 and 24-150 or established as authorized in this chapter is unlawful.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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