HCC §24-156
No dangerous items on the road
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This law says you cannot throw or leave things on a road that could hurt people, animals, or cars. If you drop something dangerous, you must clean it up right away. If you tow a wrecked car, you must also clean up any glass or other harmful stuff it left behind.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Placing injurious substances on highway
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) No person shall throw or deposit upon any highway any glass bottle, glass, nails, tacks, wire, cans or any other substance likely to injure any person, animal or vehicle upon such highway. (b) Any person who drops, or permits to be dropped or thrown upon any highway any destructive or injurious material shall immediately remove the same or cause it to be removed. (c) Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway shall remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the highway from such vehicle.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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