HCC §24-40
Red reflectors required on the back of vehicles
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗Most vehicles must have red reflectors on the rear so they can be seen at night. Motorcycles need at least one reflector. Reflectors must be mounted at a certain height and be visible from a set distance when headlights shine on them.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Reflector specifications
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) Every motor vehicle, trailer, semi-trailer, and pole trailer shall carry on the rear, either as a part of the tail lamps or separately, two or more red reflectors except that motorcycles and motor-driven cycles shall carry at least one such reflector. Vehicles of the types mentioned in sections 24-45 through 24-51 shall be equipped with reflectors meeting the requirements of sections 24-54(a) and 24-55(a). (b) Every such reflector shall be mounted on the vehicle at a height not less than twenty inches nor more than sixty inches measured as set forth in section 24-35(b) and shall be of such size and character and so mounted as to be visible at night from all distances within three hundred fifty feet to one hundred feet from such vehicle when directly in front of lawful upper beams of headlamps, except where visibility from a greater distance may be required on certain types of vehicles.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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