HCC §24-86
Service brakes must work well enough to stop your vehicle
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section says that most vehicles and vehicle combinations must have service brakes that meet the performance standards in another section. The brakes must be strong enough to control, stop, and hold the vehicle no matter how it is loaded or on any hill it drives on. Special mobile equipment is exempt from this rule.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Service brakes; adequacy
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.
Every vehicle and combination of vehicles, except special mobile equipment as defined in section 24-3 (43) shall be equipped with service brakes complying with the performance requirements of section 24-97, and adequate to control the movement of and to stop and hold the vehicle under all conditions of loading, and on any grade incident to its operation.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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