STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2086

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2045

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation and International Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2045 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRAFFIC SAFETY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to prohibit moped drivers from driving or parking on bicycle paths and require moped drivers to use bicycle lanes where available.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the State Department of Transportation, Maui County, Maui Bicycle Alliance, and three individuals.

     Your Committee finds that mopeds can travel at speeds up to thirty-five miles per hour.  Thus, allowing a mix of mopeds with bicyclists and pedestrians increases the potential for serious accidents to occur that can result in significant injury to bicyclists, moped operators, and pedestrians.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and International Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2045 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation and International Affairs,

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J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair