STAND. COM. REP. NO.113
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 414
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 414 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE TRAFFIC CODE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to reduce pedestrian injuries and fatalities by establishing a pedestrian bill of rights, to include:
(1) Requiring vehicular drivers to stop for pedestrians at an intersection or a crosswalk; and
(2) Prohibiting pedestrians from jaywalking when a crosswalk or intersection is close by.
The Department of Transportation submitted testimony in support of the measure. The Honolulu Police Department submitted testimony supporting the intent of the bill, but recommended revisions to:
(1) Require vehicles to yield the right-of-way in lieu of stopping for pedestrians, to avoid traffic congestion;
(2) Allow crossing outside a crosswalk only in a residential area where the intersection is not within 200 feet, based on the Revised Ordinances of Honolulu; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style, consistency, and clarity.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Requiring the vehicular driver to yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian, rather than stopping;
(2) Permitting a pedestrian to cross outside an intersection or crosswalk only in a residential area where the intersection or crosswalk is more than 200 feet away; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for consistency, clarity, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 414, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 414, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation,
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____________________________ JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair |
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