HCC §24-55
Rules for how visible vehicle reflectors and lights must be
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section sets visibility rules for reflectors, clearance lamps, identification lamps, and side marker lamps on certain vehicles. Reflectors must be visible at night from certain distances, and lamps must be visible when lights are required. It does not say when lights are required.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Visibility requirements for reflectors, clearance lamps,
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.
identification lamps, and marker lamps. (a) Every reflector upon any vehicle referred to in subdivision 3 of this division shall be of such size and characteristics and so maintained as to be readily visible at nighttime from all distances within six hundred feet to one hundred feet from the vehicle when directly in front of lawful upper beams of headlamps. Reflectors required to be mounted on the sides of the vehicle shall reflect the required color of light to the sides, and those mounted on the rear shall reflect a red color to the rear. (b) Front and rear clearance lamps and identification lamps shall be capable of being seen and distinguished under normal atmospheric conditions at the times lights are required at all distances between five hundred feet, and fifty feet from the front and rear respectively, of the vehicle. (c) Side marker lamps shall be capable of being seen and distinguished under normal atmospheric conditions at the times lights are required at all distances between five hundred feet and fifty feet from the side of the vehicle on which mounted. Subdivision 5. When Lamps Required.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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