ROH §15-19.7
Mounting clearance lamps, side marker lamps, and reflectors
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This section sets where reflectors, clearance lamps, and side marker lamps must be placed on a vehicle. It covers height limits, mounting on the permanent structure, and special rules for pole trailers. It also allows combining some lamps if they still meet all requirements.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Clearance lamps, side marker lamps and reflectors - Mounting
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.
(a) Reflectors shall be mounted at a height not less than 24 inches and not higher than 60 inches above the ground on which the vehicle stands, except that if the highest part of the permanent structure of the vehicle is less than 24 inches, the reflector at such point shall be mounted as high as that part of the permanent structure will permit.
(1) The rear reflectors on a pole trailer may be mounted on each side of the bolster or load.
(2) Any required red reflector on the rear of a vehicle may be incorporated with the tail lamp, but such reflector shall meet all the other reflector requirements of this article.
(b) Clearance lamps shall be mounted on the permanent structure of the vehicle in such a manner as to indicate its extreme width and as near the top thereof as practicable. Clearance lamps and side marker lamps may be mounted in combination, provided illumination is given as required with reference to both.
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