ROH §15-8.2
How to turn at intersections with special lanes
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This rule tells drivers how to use special lanes for turning at intersections. You must use the turn lane when it exists, merge carefully, and sometimes stop or yield. If no special lane exists, turn carefully from the proper lane.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Procedure at channelized intersections
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.
Where accelerating and decelerating lanes are provided for right or left turns at intersections, vehicles shall proceed as follows:
(a) Vehicles intending to turn right into a roadway, entrance to which is gained by means of a right-turn accelerating lane, shall enter such roadway by way of the accelerating lane so provided and shall merge with caution into the right-hand traffic lane, unless otherwise instructed.
(b) Vehicles intending to turn right from a roadway, exit from which is made by means of a right-turn decelerating lane, shall enter the decelerating lane and merge with caution into the right-hand traffic lane, unless otherwise instructed.
(c) Vehicles intending to turn left into the far roadway of a divided highway shall come to a complete stop before crossing the near roadway of such highway, and shall then proceed into the left-turn accelerating lane constructed in the medial strip area and shall merge with caution into the left-hand lane of the far roadway, unless otherwise instructed; provided that where no accelerating lane exits, such left turn shall be made into the left-hand lane of the far roadway.
(d) Vehicles intending to turn left from a divided highway, exit from which is made by means of a left-turn decelerating lane constructed in the medial strip area, shall enter the decelerating lane and shall yield the right-of-way to approaching vehicles before proceeding with caution across the intersection and into the intersecting roadway, unless otherwise instructed; provided that where no decelerating lane exists, such left turn shall be made with caution from the lane nearest the medial strip.
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