STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2666

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2311
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No.
2311, S.D. 1, entitled:

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MANDATORY USE OF SEATBELTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to require every passenger in a
motor vehicle to wear a seatbelt.

     Your Committee finds that a passenger in the back seat is
possibly as much at risk of serious bodily injury or death as the
driver and front seat passenger.  Different factors affecting the
accident, such as the direction of the oncoming car or the after
effects of the accident such as the car continuing to skid or
rolling over, can cause passengers to be severely injured.
Therefore, mandatory seatbelt use seems to be the best preventive
measure against vehicular injuries.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
2311, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.


 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary,



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                                   AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair



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                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair

 
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