STAND. COM. REP. NO. 850

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 664

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 664 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to improve traffic safety by increasing fines for persons who commit the offense of driving a motor vehicle at an excessive speed.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, Hawaii Strategic Highway Safety Plan, and Kihei Community Association.

     Your Committee finds that, between 2011 and 2015, two hundred thirty-five lives were lost in speed-related traffic crashes in the State.  Your Committee believes that this measure will promote safety on public roadways by deterring drivers from driving at speeds that pose a danger to themselves and others.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 664 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair