Hawaii Revised Statutes 291c. Statewide Traffic Code
PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
PART II. ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS
RULES OF THE ROAD
PART III. OBEDIENCE TO AND EFFECT OF TRAFFIC LAWS
- 291c-21 Provisions of Parts III to XIV Refer to Vehicles Upon the Highways; Exceptions.
The provisions of parts III to XIV relating to the operation of vehicles refer exclusively to the operation of vehicles upon highways except, where...
- 291c-22 Repealed.
L 1978, c 222, §8.
- 291c-23 Obedience to Police Officers.
It shall be a petty misdemeanor for any person to wilfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of any...
- 291c-24 Persons Riding Animals or Driving Animal-Drawn Vehicles.
Every person riding an animal or driving any animal-drawn vehicle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject...
- 291c-25 Persons Working on Highways; Exceptions.
Unless specifically made applicable, the provisions of this chapter except those contained in part XI shall not apply to persons, teams, motor vehicles, and...
- 291c-26 Authorized Emergency Vehicles.
(a) The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle, when responding to an emergency call or when in the pursuit of an actual or suspected...
- 291c-27 Emergency Vehicle Stopped for Emergencies; Duty of Approaching Vehicle.
(a) A driver of a vehicle that is approaching an emergency vehicle that is stopped for an emergency, investigation of a possible traffic violation, rendering...
PART IV. TRAFFIC SIGNS, SIGNALS AND MARKINGS
- 291c-31 Obedience to and Required Traffic-Control Devices.
(a) The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic-control device applicable thereto placed in accordance with law, unless otherwise...
- 291c-32 Traffic-Control Signal Legend.
(a) Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic-control signals exhibiting different colored lights, or colored lighted arrows, successively one at a time or in combination,...
- 291c-33 Pedestrian-Control Signals.
Whenever special pedestrian-control signals, exhibiting the words "Walk" or "Don't Walk" or the symbols of a walking person or an upraised palm are in...
- 291c-34 Flashing Signals.
(a) Whenever an illuminated flashing red or yellow signal is used in a traffic sign or signal it shall require obedience by vehicular traffic...
- 291c-35 Lane-Direction-Control Signals.
When lane-direction-control signals are placed over the individual lanes of a street or highway, vehicular traffic may travel in any lane over which a...
- 291c-36 Display of Unauthorized Signs, Signals, or Markings.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (c), no person shall place, maintain, or display upon or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign,...
- 291c-37 Interference With Official Traffic-Control Devices or Railroad Signs or Signals.
No person shall, without lawful authority, attempt to or in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down, or remove any official traffic-control device or any...
- 291c-38 Longitudinal Traffic Lane Markings.
(a) Traffic lane markings shall be yellow, white or red in color. Black may be used in combination with these colors where the pavement...
PART V. DRIVING ON RIGHT SIDE OF ROADWAY;
OVERTAKING AND PASSING; USE OF ROADWAY
- 291c-41 Drive on Right Side of Roadway; Exceptions.
(a) Upon all roadways of sufficient width a vehicle shall be driven upon the right half of the roadway, except as follows: (1) When...
- 291c-42 Passing Vehicles Proceeding in Opposite Directions.
Drivers of vehicles proceeding in opposite directions shall pass each other to the right, and upon roadways having width for not more than one...
- 291c-43 Overtaking a Vehicle on the Left.
The following rules shall govern the overtaking and passing of vehicles proceeding in the same direction, subject to those limitations, exceptions, and special rules...
- 291c-44 When Overtaking on the Right is Permitted.
(a) The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass upon the right of another vehicle only under the following conditions: (1) When the...
- 291c-45 Limitations on Overtaking on the Left.
No vehicle shall be driven to the left side of the center of the roadway in overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the...
- 291c-46 Further Limitation on Driving on Left of Center of Roadway.
(a) No vehicle shall be driven to the left side of the roadway under the following conditions: (1) When approaching or upon the crest...
- 291c-47 No-Passing Zones.
(a) The director of transportation is authorized to and the counties by ordinance with respect to highways under their respective jurisdictions may establish no-passing...
- 291c-48 One-Way Roadways and Rotary Traffic Islands.
(a) The director of transportation and the counties with respect to highways under their respective jurisdictions may designate any highway, roadway, part of a...
- 291c-49 Driving on Roadways Laned for Traffic.
Whenever any roadway has been divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for traffic the following rules in addition to all others consistent...
- 291c-50 Following Too Closely.
(a) The driver of a vehicle shall not follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard for the speed...
- 291c-51 Driving on Divided Highways.
Whenever any highway has been divided into two or more roadways by leaving an intervening space or by a physical barrier or clearly indicated...
- 291c-52 Restricted Access.
No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any controlled-access roadway except at such entrances and exits as are established by public authority....
- 291c-53 Restrictions on Use of Controlled-Access Roadway or Highway.
(a) The director of transportation by rules adopted in accordance with chapter 91, and the counties by ordinance, may regulate or prohibit the use...
PART VI. RIGHT-OF-WAY
PART VII. PEDESTRIANS' RIGHTS AND DUTIES
- 291c-71 Pedestrian Obedience to Traffic-Control Devices and Traffic Regulations.
(a) A pedestrian shall obey the instructions of any official traffic-control device specifically applicable to the pedestrian, unless otherwise directed by a police officer....
- 291c-72 Pedestrians' Right-Of-way in Crosswalks.
(a) The driver of a vehicle shall stop for a pedestrian who is crossing the roadway within a crosswalk when the pedestrian is either:...
- 291c-73 Crossing At Other Than Crosswalks.
(a) Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall...
- 291c-74 Drivers to Exercise Due Care.
Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, every driver of a vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian upon any roadway...
- 291c-75 Pedestrians to Use Right Half of Crosswalks.
Pedestrians shall move, whenever practicable, upon the right half of crosswalks. [L 1971, c 150, pt of §1]
- 291c-76 Pedestrians on Roadways.
(a) Where sidewalks are provided it shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to walk along and upon an adjacent roadway, bicycle lane, or bicycle...
- 291c-77 Pedestrians Soliciting Rides, Business, or Attention of Motorist.
(a) Except as otherwise provided by county ordinance, no person shall stand in, walk along, or otherwise occupy a portion of a highway for...
- 291c-78 Driving Through Safety Zone Prohibited.
No vehicle shall at any time be driven through or within a safety zone. [L 1971, c 150, pt of §1]
- 291c-79 Pedestrians' Right-Of-way on Sidewalks.
The driver of a vehicle emerging from or entering an alley, building, private road, or driveway shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian approaching...
PART VIII. TURNING AND STARTING AND
SIGNALS ON STOPPING AND TURNING
PART IX. SPECIAL STOPS REQUIRED
PART X. SPEED RESTRICTIONS
- 291c-101 Basic Rule.
Neighborhood electric vehicle requirements, see §291C-134. §291C-101 Basic rule. No person shall drive a vehicle at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent...
- 291c-102 Noncompliance With Speed Limit Prohibited.
Neighborhood electric vehicle requirements, see §291C-134. §291C-102 Noncompliance with speed limit prohibited. (a) A person violates this section if the person drives: (1) A...
- 291c-103 Racing on Highways.
Neighborhood electric vehicle requirements, see §291C-134. §291C-103 Racing on highways. (a) Except as provided in section 291C-149, no person shall drive any vehicle in...
- 291c-104 Speeding in a School Zone or Construction Area
Neighborhood electric vehicle requirements, see §291C-134. §291C-104 Speeding in a school zone or construction area. (a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle at...
- 291c-105 Excessive Speeding.
Neighborhood electric vehicle requirements, see §291C-134. §291C-105 Excessive speeding. (a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle at a speed exceeding: (1) The applicable...
PART XI. STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING
PART XII. MISCELLANEOUS RULES
- 291c-121 Unattended Motor Vehicle.
No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition,...
- 291c-121.5 Leaving a Child Unattended in a Motor Vehicle.
(a) Notwithstanding chapter 571 or any other law to the contrary, a person violates this section if the person, being the operator or an...
- 291c-122 Limitations on Backing.
(a) The driver of a vehicle shall not back it unless such movement can be made with safety and without interfering with other traffic....
- 291c-123 Driving or Parking Upon Bikeway; Parking Penalty.
(a) No person shall drive any vehicle other than a bicycle or moped upon a bicycle lane or bicycle path, except upon a permanent...
- 291c-124 Obstruction to Driver's View or Driving Mechanism.
(a) No person shall drive a vehicle when it is so loaded, or when there are in the front seat such a number of...
- 291c-125 Opening and Closing Vehicle Doors.
No person shall open the door of a motor vehicle on the side available to moving traffic unless and until it is reasonably safe...
- 291c-126 Riding in House Trailers.
No person or persons shall occupy a house trailer while it is being moved upon a public highway. [L 1971, c 150, pt of
- 291c-127 Coasting Prohibited.
The driver of any motor vehicle when traveling upon a down grade shall not coast with the gears or transmission of the vehicle in...
- 291c-128 Following Emergency Vehicle Prohibited.
The driver of any vehicle other than one on official business shall not follow any emergency vehicle traveling in response to an emergency closer...
- 291c-129 Crossing Fire Hose.
No vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of a fire department when laid down on any street, private road, or driveway, to...
- 291c-130 Slow Moving Vehicle Emblem Required; Penalty.
(a) Any vehicle, or combination of vehicles, designed to operate at a speed of twenty-five miles per hour or less, including a neighborhood electric...
- 291c-131 Spilling Loads on Highways; Penalties.
(a) No vehicle shall be moved on any highway, unless the vehicle is so constructed, covered, or loaded as to prevent any of its...
- 291c-132 Littering From Vehicles.
(a) No person shall throw, place, or drop litter from a vehicle on any highway. The driver of the vehicle may be cited for...
- 291c-133 Waste Material Falling From Motor Vehicles.
(a) Notwithstanding sections 291C-131 and 291C-132 to the contrary, a driver of a motor vehicle from which waste material falls onto a highway or...
- 291c-134 Neighborhood Electric Vehicles; Speed; Restrictions.
(a) A neighborhood electric vehicle shall not be operated at a speed of more than twenty-five miles per hour. (b) A neighborhood electric vehicle...
- 291c-134.5 Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices; Restrictions.
(a) Unless otherwise prohibited or regulated by a county ordinance, an electric personal assistive mobility device may be operated on sidewalks, at a speed...
- 291c-135 Tow Trucks; Signage and Insurance Requirements.
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the registered owner or lessee of a tow truck shall: (1) Permanently affix on each door of the...
- 291c-136 Towing by Consent; Payment.
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, towing companies engaged by the registered owner of a vehicle for towing services, including storage if any,...
- 291c-137 Mobile Electronic Devices.
(a) No person shall operate a motor vehicle while using a mobile electronic device. (b) The use of a mobile electronic device for the sole...
PART XIII. OPERATION OF BICYCLES AND PLAY VEHICLES
- 291c-141 Effect of Regulations.
(a) It is a traffic infraction for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required in this part....
- 291c-142 Traffic Laws Apply to Persons Riding Bicycles.
Every person riding a bicycle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties...
- 291c-143 Riding on Bicycles.
(a) A person propelling a bicycle shall not ride other than upon or astride a permanent and regular seat attached thereon. (b) No bicycle...
- 291c-144 Clinging to Vehicles.
No person riding upon any coaster, roller skates, sled, or toy bicycle or other toy vehicle shall attach it or oneself to any vehicle...
- 291c-145 Riding on Roadways and Bikeways.
(a) Every person operating a bicycle upon a roadway at a speed less than the normal speed of traffic moving in the same direction...
- 291c-146 Carrying Articles.
No person operating a bicycle shall carry any package, bundle, or article which prevents the use of both hands in the control and operation...
- 291c-147 Lamps and Other Equipment on Bicycles.
(a) Any bicycle used from thirty minutes after sunset until thirty minutes before sunrise shall be equipped with a lamp on the front emitting...
- 291c-148 Driving Upon Sidewalk.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no person shall drive any vehicle upon a sidewalk or sidewalk area except upon a permanent or...
- 291c-149 Bicycle Racing.
(a) Bicycle racing on the highways is prohibited except as authorized in this section. (b) Bicycle racing on a highway shall not be unlawful...
- 291c-150 Bicycle Helmets.
(a) No person under sixteen years of age shall operate a bicycle upon a street, bikeway, or any other public property unless that person...
PART XIV. SPECIAL RULES FOR MOTORCYCLES
PART XV. PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE ON ARREST;
RESPECTIVE POWERS OF STATE AND COUNTIES
- 291c-161 Penalties.
Part heading amended by L 1978, c 111, §1. Cross References Trauma system surcharge, see §291C-2. §291C-161 Penalties. (a) It is a violation for...
- 291c-162 Provisions Uniform Throughout State.
Part heading amended by L 1978, c 111, §1. Cross References Trauma system surcharge, see §291C-2. [§291C-162] Provisions uniform throughout State. This chapter shall...
- 291c-163 Powers of Counties.
Part heading amended by L 1978, c 111, §1. Cross References Trauma system surcharge, see §291C-2. §291C-163 Powers of counties. (a) This chapter shall...
- 291c-164 Procedure Upon Arrest.
Part heading amended by L 1978, c 111, §1. Cross References Trauma system surcharge, see §291C-2. §291C-164 Procedure upon arrest. Except when authorized or...
- 291c-165 Summons or Citation.
Part heading amended by L 1978, c 111, §1. Cross References Trauma system surcharge, see §291C-2. §291C-165 Summons or citation. (a) There shall be...
- 291c-165.5 Motor Vehicle Towing and Storage; Settlement.
Part heading amended by L 1978, c 111, §1. Cross References Trauma system surcharge, see §291C-2. §291C-165.5 Motor vehicle towing and storage; settlement. (a)...
- 291c-166 Repealed.
Part heading amended by L 1978, c 111, §1. Cross References Trauma system surcharge, see §291C-2. §291C-166 REPEALED. L 1993, c 214, §19.
- 291c-167 Summons or Citation on Illegally Parked Vehicle.
Part heading amended by L 1978, c 111, §1. Cross References Trauma system surcharge, see §291C-2. §291C-167 Summons or citation on illegally parked vehicle....
- 291c-168 Repealed.
Part heading amended by L 1978, c 111, §1. Cross References Trauma system surcharge, see §291C-2. §291C-168 REPEALED. L 1993, c 214, §20.
- 291c-168.5 Repealed.
Part heading amended by L 1978, c 111, §1. Cross References Trauma system surcharge, see §291C-2. §291C-168.5 REPEALED. L 2007, c 85, §12. Cross...
- 291c-169 When Complaint to Be Issued.
Part heading amended by L 1978, c 111, §1. Cross References Trauma system surcharge, see §291C-2. [§291C-169] When complaint to be issued. In the...
- 291c-170 Revocation or Suspension of License.
Part heading amended by L 1978, c 111, §1. Cross References Trauma system surcharge, see §291C-2. §291C-170 Revocation or suspension of license. In addition...
- 291c-171 Disposition of Fines and Forfeitures.
Part heading amended by L 1978, c 111, §1. Cross References Trauma system surcharge, see §291C-2. §291C-171 Disposition of fines and forfeitures. (a) All...
- 291c-171.5 Collection of Fines and Costs.
Part heading amended by L 1978, c 111, §1. Cross References Trauma system surcharge, see §291C-2. [§291C-171.5] Collection of fines and costs. (a) Unless...
- 291c-172 Refusal to Provide Identification.
Part heading amended by L 1978, c 111, §1. Cross References Trauma system surcharge, see §291C-2. §291C-172 Refusal to provide identification. (a) Except as...
- 291c-173 Interpretation.
Part heading amended by L 1978, c 111, §1. Cross References Trauma system surcharge, see §291C-2. [§291C-173] Interpretation. Wherever consistent with the context of...
- 291c-174 Severability.
Part heading amended by L 1978, c 111, §1. Cross References Trauma system surcharge, see §291C-2. [§291C-174] Severability. If any provision of the state...
PART XVI. SPECIAL RULES FOR MOPEDS
- 291c-191 Definition.
As used in this part "FMVSS" means Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards as prescribed in Title 49, Part 571, Code of Federal Regulations. [L...
- 291c-192 Effect of Violations; Vicarious Responsibility; Jurisdiction.
(a) It is a violation for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required in this part, except...
- 291c-193 Traffic Laws Apply to Persons Driving Mopeds.
Every person driving a moped upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties...
- 291c-194 Driver's License Required.
(a) No person shall drive a moped unless the person: (1) Possesses a valid driver's license of any category listed in section 286-102 or...
- 291c-195 Driving of Mopeds.
(a) No person less than fifteen years of age shall drive a moped on a highway, street, roadway, or any other public property in...
- 291c-196 Driving Mopeds on Roadways.
(a) Every person driving a moped, except a three-wheeled moped, upon a roadway at a speed less than the normal speed of traffic moving...
- 291c-197 Driving Mopeds on Bicycle Lanes and Paths.
(a) Wherever bicycle lanes are provided on the roadway, moped drivers shall use such bicycle lanes. (b) The director of transportation by rule and...
- 291c-198 Speed Restrictions on Mopeds.
(a) No person shall drive a moped at a speed other than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard to the...
- 291c-199 Clinging to Vehicles, Bicycles, Etc.
No person driving a moped shall attach oneself or the moped to any other vehicle, nor permit the rider of a bicycle, coaster, sled,...
- 291c-200 Use of Lamps on Mopeds.
Every moped moving upon a highway from thirty minutes after sunset until thirty minutes before sunrise and at any other time when there is...
- 291c-201 Renting or Selling Mopeds.
(a) Every person engaged in the retail business of selling or renting mopeds shall provide the person renting or purchasing a moped with a...
- 291c-202 Moped Equipment Requirements and Inspection.
(a) Every moped offered for sale for use upon, sold for use upon, or used upon the roadways and highways shall be equipped with:...
- 291c-203 Certification of Compliance.
A person engaged in the business of selling mopeds shall provide to the director of finance of the county in which the mopeds are...
- 291c-204 Defacing Serial Numbers, Etc., of Mopeds.
No person shall wilfully deface, destroy, or alter the serial number, a component part number, or identification mark placed on any moped by the...
- 291c-205 Unlawful to Possess Certain Mopeds and Moped Parts.
It shall be unlawful for any person to possess a moped, a moped motor, or any moped part knowing that the serial or identification...
- 291c-206 Modifying Moped Motor; Violation.
(a) A motor used to power a moped shall not be modified in any manner except as authorized by the motor manufacturer and any...
- 291c-207 Moped Liability Insurance; Coverage for Damage by Rented or Leased Moped.
Every person who offers a moped for rent or lease shall insure the moped against loss resulting from liability imposed by law for bodily...
PART XVII. HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES
- 291c-221 Definitions
Repeal of part, consisting of §§291C-221 to 227, on June 30, 1997, by L 1993, c 224, §6 and L 1995, c 25, §1...
- 291c-221.5 High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes; Emergencies.
Repeal of part, consisting of §§291C-221 to 227, on June 30, 1997, by L 1993, c 224, §6 and L 1995, c 25, §1...
- 291c-222 Designation of High Occupancy Vehicle Lane.
Repeal of part, consisting of §§291C-221 to 227, on June 30, 1997, by L 1993, c 224, §6 and L 1995, c 25, §1...
- 291c-222.5 School Buses; Zipper Lanes.
Repeal of part, consisting of §§291C-221 to 227, on June 30, 1997, by L 1993, c 224, §6 and L 1995, c 25, §1...
- 291c-223 Summons or Citation for Illegal Use of High Occupancy Vehicle Lane.
Repeal of part, consisting of §§291C-221 to 227, on June 30, 1997, by L 1993, c 224, §6 and L 1995, c 25, §1...
- 291c-224 Registered Owner's Responsibility for a Summons or Citation.
Repeal of part, consisting of §§291C-221 to 227, on June 30, 1997, by L 1993, c 224, §6 and L 1995, c 25, §1...
- 291c-225 Failure to Comply With Summons or Citation.
Repeal of part, consisting of §§291C-221 to 227, on June 30, 1997, by L 1993, c 224, §6 and L 1995, c 25, §1...
- 291c-226 Liability for Rental or U-Drive Vehicle.
Repeal of part, consisting of §§291C-221 to 227, on June 30, 1997, by L 1993, c 224, §6 and L 1995, c 25, §1...
- 291c-227 Penalty.
Repeal of part, consisting of §§291C-221 to 227, on June 30, 1997, by L 1993, c 224, §6 and L 1995, c 25, §1...
Last modified: October 27, 2016