ROH §15-4.8
Street sweepers can go either way on one-way streets
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗Street sweepers working for the city or state may drive the wrong way on one-way streets while doing their job. They must have a red flashing light on the front to warn other drivers when they are going against traffic.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Mechanical street sweepers may move in either direction on one-way streets
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) In the performance of the driver’s or operator’s duties, the driver or operator of any mechanical street sweeper of the division of refuse collection and disposal, department of facility maintenance, as well as those sweepers being owned and operated by the State, may move such sweeper in either direction on streets and lanes on which only one-way traffic is authorized by Article 10 of this traffic code.
(b) Such mechanical sweeper shall be equipped with a red flashing lamp on the front thereof, for the purpose of warning oncoming traffic of its presence and movement, when it is moving against the authorized direction or flow of traffic on a one-way street or lane.
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