Crash exchange information — Hawaii Permit Test
Crash exchange information on the Hawaii permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Drivers in a Hawaii crash must give their name, address and vehicle registration information, and show their driver's license if asked.
Without names and registration, the other driver has nobody to send the repair bill to.
Drivers must give their name, address, and vehicle registration information, and if requested, exhibit their driver’s license to any person injured in the crash or to the driver or occupant of or person attending any vehicle or other property damaged in the crash.
If you hit an unattended vehicle in Hawaii, stop and find the owner, or leave a written notice with your name, address and how the crash happened.
An owner who comes back to a dented car with no note has no one to ask to pay for it.
Upon striking an unattended vehicle, stop and locate the owner, or leave a written notice containing your name and address and circumstances of the crash.
If you damage other property along the highway, such as a fence or a sign, you must notify its owner.
A knocked-down fence left unreported can let animals out onto the road that night.
If you damage other property along the highway, notify the owner.
On the test
What must a driver in a crash give to the other people involved?
Name, address and registration. Without names and registration, the other driver has nobody to send the repair bill to. State of Hawaii Driver’s Manual, p.52: “Drivers must give their name, address, and vehicle registration information, and if requested, exhibit their driver’s license to any person injured in the crash or to the driver or occupant of or person attending any vehicle or other property damaged in the crash.”
How this works
Most practice tests hand you a bank of questions and leave the manual somewhere else. This one puts them together.
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against State of Hawaii Driver’s Manual, published by the Hawaii Department of Transportation, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-05.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/HI.pdf (State of Hawaii Driver’s Manual, 2023, Hawaii Department of Transportation, retrieved 2026-09-14; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/HI.pages.txt (scripts/hi-text.py: PyMuPDF with the clip honored, sorted, hyphens rejoined; the fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/HI-exam.html (County of Maui, Division of Motor Vehicles & Licensing, Class 3 Instructional Permit, https://www.mauicounty.gov/1541/Class-3-Instructional-Permit, read 2026-10-05; states both exam figures; sha256 pinned under examSource)
- https://hidot.hawaii.gov/highways/library/motor-vehicle-safety-office/ (read 2026-10-05; links the manual)
- https://hidot.hawaii.gov/highways/files/2021/08/19-122-std-format.pdf (Hawaii Administrative Rules chapter 19-122, the DOT’s own copy, read 2026-10-05; §19-122-10(f)’s 80 percent agrees with the county’s figures)