KCC §16-9.11

Postal workers may leave mail trucks running while delivering mail

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This section lets postal employees leave their mail vehicle running and unattended while they are actively putting mail in or taking mail from roadside mailboxes. They must set the brakes and, on a hill, turn the front wheels toward the curb. This does not apply if they leave the road for any other reason.

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The ordinance, as written (Kauaʻi County) — Unattended Motor Vehicles of Postal Service

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.

Any employee of the United States Postal Service while actually engaged in depositing mail in mail boxes placed along a street or highway as defined in the Statewide Traffic Code, Chapter 291C, H.R.S., or while engaged in delivering and collecting mail therefrom, may permit his or her motor vehicle to stand unattended with the motor running, provided, that he or she shall first effectively set the brakes thereon, and provided further that when the motor vehicle is left standing unattended upon any grade the front wheels shall be turned to the curb or side of the highway. This Section shall have no application where the employee leaves the highway for any purpose.

Read the official text at ecode360.com ↗as published Jan 1, 2026our copy taken Aug 22, 2026

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