HCC §24-57
Red lights and flags for loads that stick out
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section says what you must put on your vehicle when a load sticks out far. If it sticks out four feet or more past the rear, you need red lights and reflectors at certain times. At other times, you need red flags. The rules tell where to put them and how visible they must be.
The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Lamps or flags on projecting load
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) Whenever the load upon any vehicle extends to the rear four feet or more beyond the bed or body of the vehicle there shall be displayed at the extreme rear end of the load, at the times specified in section 24-34, two red lamps, visible from a distance of at least five hundred feet to the rear, two red reflectors meeting the requirements of section 24-55(a) visible from the rear and located so as to indicate maximum width, and on each side one red lamp, visible from a distance of at least five hundred feet to the side, located so as to indicate maximum overhang. (b) There shall be displayed at all other times on any vehicle having a load which extends beyond its sides or more than four feet beyond its rear, red flags, not less than twelve inches square, marking the extremities of such load, at each point where a lamp would otherwise be required by this section, under section 24-34. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC § 24-58
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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