HCC §24-168
Rules for making U-turns on Hawaii County roads
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section says when and where you can make a U-turn. You cannot make a U-turn in business districts or at signal-controlled intersections from 6 a.m. to midnight, unless signs say it is allowed. You must only make a U-turn if it is safe and does not block traffic, and you cannot do it on curves or hills where you cannot see oncoming cars from 500 feet away.
The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — U-turns restricted; manner of
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 driver of any vehicle shall not turn such vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction (make a U-turn) upon any street in the business district, or at any intersection where traffic is controlled by traffic signal lights during the hours between 6:00 a.m. to midnight of each day. However, when official signs or markings are installed giving notice thereof, U-turns shall be allowed in areas designated by an ordinance of the council. (b) The driver of any vehicle shall not turn such vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction unless such movement can be made in safety and without interfering with other traffic. (c) The driver of any vehicle shall not turn so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any curve, or upon the approach to or near the crest of a grade, where such vehicle cannot be seen by the driver of any other vehicle approaching from either direction within five hundred feet. (d) The areas designated in schedule 21, section 24-273, are U-turn areas when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected. (e) The areas designated in schedule 22, section 24-274 are prohibited U-turn areas when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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