Required and illegal equipment — Hawaii Permit Test

Hawaii requires every motor vehicle on its highways to have equipment meeting set standards, including a horn, windshield wipers, a speedometer, an odometer, bumpers and fenders.

A car with no wipers or no speedometer leaves its driver unable to see in rain or know how fast they are going.

Every motor vehicle operated on the highways of the State shall be equipped with brakes, steering, horn, door handles, tires, exhaust system, lights, glass, windshield wipers, odometer, speedometer, bumpers, wheels, wheel lug nuts, fenders, floor pans, hood and hood catches, and gas tank meeting established standards.

In Hawaii, a red light showing from the front of a vehicle, or a blue light visible outside it, is illegal except on authorized emergency vehicles.

Drivers pull over for red and blue lights, so a private car showing them could pass itself off as police.

A red light showing from the front, or a blue light visible outside of the vehicle, except on authorized emergency vehicles;

Hawaii prohibits a bell, exhaust whistle or siren on any vehicle except an authorized emergency vehicle.

If any car could sound a siren, drivers would stop pulling over when a real ambulance came.

A bell, exhaust whistle or siren, except on authorized emergency vehicles;

Hawaii prohibits a muffler cut-out or by-pass, or a muffler that makes more noise than the original equipment manufacturer's muffler.

A car with a loud aftermarket muffler wakes a whole street at night and drowns out horns and sirens.

A muffler cut-out or by-pass, or a muffler that makes more noise than an original equipment manufacturer muffler.

Which of these is on Hawaii's list of equipment every motor vehicle must have?

A speedometer. A car with no wipers or no speedometer leaves its driver unable to see in rain or know how fast they are going. State of Hawaii Driver’s Manual, p.18: “Every motor vehicle operated on the highways of the State shall be equipped with brakes, steering, horn, door handles, tires, exhaust system, lights, glass, windshield wipers, odometer, speedometer, bumpers, wheels, wheel lug nuts, fenders, floor pans, hood and hood catches, and gas tank meeting established standards.”