KCC §16-17.32

Trucks must carry flares or warning devices at night

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Trucks and truck tractors driving on unlit roads at night must carry certain warning equipment, like flares, lanterns, flags, or reflectors. Vehicles carrying flammable gases have special rules and cannot use flame-based signals. The section lists what equipment is required and its specifications.

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The ordinance, as written (Kauaʻi County) — Certain Vehicles to Carry Flares or Other Warning Devices

A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Kauaʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

No person shall operate any motor truck or truck tractor upon any unlighted highway at any time from thirty (30) minutes after sunset to thirty (30) minutes before sunrise unless there shall be carried in the vehicle the following equipment, except as provided in Subsection (b):At least three (3) flares or three (3) red electric lanterns each of which shall be capable of being seen and distinguished at a distance of five hundred (500) feet under normal atmospheric conditions at night time.Each flare (liquid-burning pot torch) shall be capable of burning for not less than twelve (12) hours in five (5) miles per hour wind velocity and capable of burning in any air velocity from zero (0) to forty (40) miles per hour. It shall be substantially constructed so as to withstand reasonable shocks without leaking and it shall be carried in the vehicles in a metal rack or box.Each red electric lantern shall be capable of operating continuously for not less than twelve (12) hours and shall be substantially constructed so as to withstand reasonable shocks without breaking.At least three (3) red burning fusees unless red electric lanterns are carried. Each fusee shall be capable of burning at least fifteen (15) minutes.At least two (2) red cloth flags, not less than twelve (12) inches square, with standards to support same.No person shall operate at the time and under the conditions stated in Subsection (a) any motor vehicle used in the transportation of flammable gases unless there shall be carried in the vehicle three (3) red electric lanterns meeting the requirements above stated, and there shall not be carried in the vehicle any flares, fusees, or signal produced by a flame.In the alternative, it shall be deemed a compliance with this Section in the event the person operating any motor vehicle described in this Article shall carry in the vehicle three (3) portable reflector units on standards of a type approved by the Chief of Police. No portable reflector unit shall be approved unless it is so designed and constructed that it will reflect red light clearly visible for a distance of at least three hundred (300) feet under normal atmospheric conditions at night time when directly in front of the lawful upper beams of head lamps.

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