HCC §24-94
One brake control for all service brakes
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗Most vehicles with brakes, except motorcycles and motor-driven cycles, must have a single control that operates all service brakes. An extra control for towed vehicle brakes is allowed. This rule does not apply to driveaway or tow-away operations unless the brakes are designed for one control.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — One control to operate all brakes
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) Every motor vehicle, trailer, semi-trailer, and pole trailer, and every combination of such vehicles, except motorcycles and motor-driven cycles, equipped with brakes shall have the braking system so arranged that one control device can be used to operate all service brakes. (b) This requirement does not prohibit vehicles from being equipped with an additional control device to be used to operate brakes on the towed vehicles. (c) This regulation does not apply to driveaway or tow-away operations unless the brakes on the individual vehicles are designed to be operated by a single control on the towing vehicle.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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