HCC §24-81
Headlight rules for motor-driven cycles
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section sets the rules for headlights on motor-driven cycles. It says how bright the lights must be at different speeds and how they must be aimed. It also explains what is required for single-beam and multiple-beam headlights.
The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Lighting equipment on motor-driven cycles
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) The headlamp or headlamps upon every motor-driven cycle may be of the single- beam or multiple-beam type but in either event shall comply with the requirements and limitations set forth in this section. (b) Every headlamp or headlamps on a motor-driven cycle shall be of sufficient intensity to reveal a person or a vehicle at a distance of not less than one hundred feet when the motor-driven cycle is operated at any speed less than twenty-five miles per hour and at a distance of not less than two hundred feet when the motor- driven cycle is operated at a speed of twenty-five or more miles per hour, and at a distance of not less than three hundred feet when the motor-driven cycle is operated at a speed of thirty-five or more miles per hour. (c) In the event the motor-driven cycle is equipped with a multiple-beam headlamp or headlamps, the upper beam shall meet the minimum requirements set forth in subsection (b) and shall not exceed the limitations set forth in section 24-77(a) and the lowermost beam shall meet the requirements applicable to a lowermost distribution of light as set forth in section 24-77(b). (d) In the event the motor-driven cycle is equipped with a single-beam lamp or lamps, the lamp or lamps shall be so aimed that when the vehicle is loaded, none of the high-intensity portion of light, at a distance of twenty-five feet ahead, shall project higher than the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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