Hawaii Headlights Law

HAWAII
·  When measured at a distance of one hundred feet ahead of a motor vehicle and seven feet or more to the left of the axis, the light must not exceed eight hundred apparent candle power.
·  Red and blue colors are not permitted. Flashing and revolving lights are prohibited (on a highway). No spotlight may be used in any city, town, or village, and when used every spotlight must be turned off not less than two hundred feet from an approaching vehicle.
·  In addition to at least two headlights and two tail lights, vehicles in Hawaii are allowed to have spot lights (see below). There is no information on whether or not fog lights, passing lights, or auxiliary driving lights are allowed.


LIGHTING LAWS IN HAWAII
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2009 Hawaii Code
Volume 05
TITLE 17 - MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES
CHAPTER 291 - TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS


 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

§291-25. Lights for motor vehicles, motorcycles, motor scooters, motorized bicycles.
(a) From thirty minutes after sunset until thirty minutes before sunrise, every motor vehicle moving upon any public highway shall carry at the front thereof at least two lighted head lamps which shall display white lights of equal candle power. The head lamps shall be securely mounted, not less than twenty-two inches nor more than fifty-four inches above the road surface when measured to the head lamp center, on a rigid part of the vehicle designed specifically forhead lamp installation by the manufacturer, and so arranged, adjusted, and constructed that, when the motor vehicle is fully loaded, any pair of headlights under the conditions of use shall produce a light sufficient to reveal any person,vehicle, or substantial object on the highway straight ahead of the motor vehicle for a distance of two hundred feet.
The light when measured at a distance of one hundred feet directly in front of the motor vehicle, and at a height of sixty inches above the level surface on which the motor vehicle stands, shall not exceed two thousand four hundred apparent candle power, nor shall this candle power be exceeded at a greater height than sixty inches.
When measured at a distance of one hundred feet ahead of the motor vehicle and seven feet or more to the left of the axis of the same, and at a height of sixty inches above the level surface on which the motor vehicle stands, the lightshall not exceed eight hundred apparent candle power.

 COLORS RESTRICTIONS
§291-31.5
Blue lights prohibited for motor vehicles, motorcycles, motor scooters, bicycles, mopeds.
(a) No person shall knowingly operate, affix or cause to be affixed, display, or possess any lamp, reflector, or illumination device that appears to be the color blue, or colors blue and red, upon any motor vehicle, motorcycle, motor scooter, bicycle, or moped except for:
1) County law enforcement vehicles authorized and approved by the chief of police of the country in which the vehicleis operated;
2) Department of public safety law enforcement vehicles with blue and red lamps, reflectors, or illumination devices authorized and approved by the director of public safety.

 EQUIPMENT RESTRICTED
§291-30 Spotlights.
No spotlight shall be used in any city, town, or village, and no spotlight shall be so used as to shine in the eyes of the drivers of approaching passing vehicles, and when used every spotlight shall be turned off not less than two hundred feet from an approaching vehicle.

OTHER RULES
HEADLIGHTS: 2 MINIMUM
§  minimum height: 24 inches
§  maximum height: 54 inches

TAIL LIGHTS: 2 MINIMUM
§  minimum height: n/a
§  maximum height: n/a

SPOT LIGHTS: ALLOWED
§  minimum height: n/a
§  maximum height: n/a

 LINKS
2009 Hawaii Code
2011 Hawaii Code
Hawaii Revised Statutes

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