HCC §24-58
Lights and flags for long pole trailers
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This rule says when a pole trailer sticks out more than six feet behind its rear axle, it must have red lights and reflectors at certain times, and red flags at all other times. The lights and flags must be visible from behind and the sides to warn other drivers.
The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Lamps or flags; pole trailers
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 pole trailer shall be operated on the public highway with any part of the permanent structure or load extending in excess of six feet back from the center of the rearmost axle of the vehicle unless there is displayed at the extreme rear end of the load or permanent structure 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 to the rear. (b) There shall be displayed at all other times, red flags, not less than twelve inches square, marking the extremities of the load or permanent structure, at each point where a lamp would otherwise be required by this section, and section 24-34.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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