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KCC §16-4.1

Rules for crossing painted lane lines

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This section explains when you may cross the painted lines on roads. Broken lines are guides you may cross only if safe. Solid lines are rules you may not cross except for turns, police orders, or emergencies. Traffic cones create temporary lines with the same rules.

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The ordinance, as written (Kauaʻi County) — Traffic Lane Markings

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.

When a broken line is used for a center line or lane line, that line is a guide line and may not be crossed by vehicular traffic, unless movement can be made with safety.When a single solid or a double solid line is used for a center or lane line, the line is of a regulatory character and is not to be crossed by vehicular traffic except when turning into or out of private driveways or intersecting highways or when directed by a police officer or any other persons authorized to direct, control, or regulate traffic or when the streets are traffic coned to allow additional traffic lanes at times of emergency or peak traffic hours.Whenever a combination of solid and broken lines is used, any solid line appearing in the same lane in which the vehicle is traveling shall not be crossed at any time, except when turning into or out of private driveways or roads, or intersecting streets or highways, and, any broken line appearing in the same lane in which the vehicle is traveling may be crossed at any time provided movement can be made with safety.When traffic cones are used by proper authority to temporarily control the flow of traffic in lanes other than designated by the permanent pavement markings, the lines designated by the cones shall have the same regulatory effect as the permanent markings.
Read the official text at ecode360.com ↗as published Jan 1, 2026our copy taken Aug 22, 2026

The County of Kauaʻi publishes this code through eCode360 and states that it is provided for information only and should not be considered the official version of the Code.

LawTrove is not legal advice. The summary above is a computer-generated restatement — the authoritative text is the official version linked above.