HCC §24-79
When to dim your headlights for other drivers
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This rule tells drivers when to use bright or dim headlights. You must use lights that let you see far enough ahead. You must dim them when you are close to another car, either coming toward you or driving ahead of you.
The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Use of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment
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 a motor vehicle is being operated on a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto during the times specified in section 24-34, the driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, directed high enough and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a safe distance in advance of the vehicle, subject to the requirements and limitations in subsections (b) and (c) of this section. (b) Whenever a driver of a vehicle approaches an oncoming vehicle within five hundred feet, the driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed that the glaring rays are not projected into the eyes of the oncoming driver. The lowermost distribution of light, or composite beam, specified in section 24-77(b) shall be deemed to avoid glare at all times, regardless of road contour and loading. (c) Whenever the driver of a vehicle approaches another vehicle from the rear, within three hundred feet, the driver shall use a distribution of light permissible under this division other than the uppermost distribution of light specified in section 24-77(a).
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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