STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3409

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2152

H.D. 2

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 2152, H.D. 2, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to require additional circumstances under which every motor vehicle, including motorcycles, motor scooters, and motorized bicycles, moving on any public highway in Hawaii must display its lighted head lamps.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation.

Your Committee finds that currently, vehicles are required to use lighted head lamps from thirty minutes after sunset until thirty minutes before sunrise. However, weather conditions such as heavy rain can result in poor visibility for drivers, especially during daytime hours when streetlights are not always on. The use of a vehicle's headlights renders the vehicle more visible to others and increases the driver's ability to identify pedestrians as well as hazards around the vehicle. This measure improves traffic safety by requiring the use of lighted head lamps on motor vehicles in situations where visibility is limited. Your Committee further finds that electric foot scooters should also be included among the vehicles regulated by this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Including electric foot scooters;

(2) Making it effective upon its approval; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

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. 2152, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2152, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

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

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair