STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2506

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2672

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 S.B. No. 2672 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CROSSWALKS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to improve pedestrian safety by requiring a vehicle approaching a crosswalk from the opposite direction of another vehicle stopped at that crosswalk to yield and not proceed until a pedestrian, if any, has crossed the roadway.

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

Your Committee finds that currently, when a pedestrian is in a crosswalk, only vehicles on the same side of the intersection of the crosswalk are required to stop for the pedestrian. However, there is no requirement that vehicles on the opposite side of the intersection also stop for the pedestrian in the crosswalk. This measure will require that vehicle approaching a crosswalk from the opposite direction to stop and wait for the pedestrian to cross the roadway before proceeding.

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 S.B. No. 2672 and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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