HCC §24-59
Parked vehicle light rules
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section says when parked cars must show lights. If parked on a road at night and it's too dark to see people or objects 500 feet away, the car must have white or amber lights in front and a red light in back. Headlights must be dimmed. Motor-driven cycles are exempt.
The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Lamps on parked vehicles
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 vehicle shall be equipped with one or more lamps which, when lighted, shall display a white or amber light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the front of the vehicle, and a red light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear of the vehicle. The location of the lamps shall always be such that at least one lamp or combination of lamps meeting the requirements of this section is installed as near as practicable to the side of the vehicle which is closest to passing traffic. The foregoing provisions shall not apply to a motor-driven cycle. (b) Whenever a vehicle is lawfully parked upon a street or highway during the hours between a half hour after sunset and a half hour before sunrise and in the event there is sufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of five hundred feet upon the street or highway, no lights need be displayed upon the parked vehicle. (c) Whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto, whether attended or unattended, during the hours between a half hour after sunset and a half hour before sunrise and there is insufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of five hundred feet upon the highway, the vehicle so parked or stopped shall be equipped with and shall display lamps meeting the requirements of subsection (a) of this section. (d) Any lighted headlamps upon a parked vehicle shall be depressed or dimmed.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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