ROH §15-13.7
Postal trucks may idle while delivering mail
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This rule lets postal workers leave their mail truck running and unattended while they deliver or collect mail along a street, as long as they set the brakes and, on a hill, turn the front wheels toward the curb. It does not apply if the worker leaves the road for any other reason.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Unattended postal service motor vehicles
A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu 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 traffic code, or while engaged in delivering and collecting mail therefrom, may permit the postal employee’s motor vehicle to stand unattended with the motor running; provided that such postal employee 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 such employee leaves the highway for any purpose.
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Published by the City and County of Honolulu through American Legal Publishing.
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