HCC §24-84
Rules for extra lights on vehicles
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section limits extra lights on vehicles. Bright lights must not shine too far down the road. Red lights in front and flashing lights are banned unless the law allows them.
The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Lamp restrictions
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) During the times specified in section 24-34, any lighted lamp or illuminating device upon a motor vehicle, other than headlamps, spot lamps, auxiliary lamps, flashing turn signals, emergency vehicle warning lamps and school bus warning lamps, which projects a beam of light of an intensity greater than three hundred candlepower shall be so directed that no part of the high intensity portion of the beam will strike the level of the roadway on which the vehicle stands at a distance of more than seventy-five feet from the vehicle. (b) Except as required in sections 24-69 through 24-74, no person shall drive or move any vehicle or equipment upon any highway with any lamp or device thereon displaying a red light visible from directly in front of the center thereof. (c) Flashing lights are prohibited except as required in sections 24-69 through 24-74, and authorized in sections 24-42, 24-43, 24-44, 24-52, 24-67, 24-68, and 24-75. Division 3. Brake Equipment.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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