HCC §24-76
Cars must have switchable high and low beam headlights
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This rule says that most vehicles (not motorcycles or motor-driven cycles) must have headlights or auxiliary lamps that let the driver choose between different light beam heights. The switch can be manual or automatic, as long as it follows the other rules in this section.
everyone
The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Multiple-beam lamps required
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.
Except as provided in this subdivision the headlamps or the auxiliary driving lamp or the auxiliary passing lamp or combination thereof on motor vehicles other than motorcycles or motor-driven cycles shall be so arranged that the driver may select at will between distributions of light projected to different elevations and such lamps may, in addition, be so arranged that such selection can be made automatically, subject to the limitations in this subdivision.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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