Hawaii · statute · Haw. Rev. Stat. ch. 291C · 166 active provisions
As used in this chapter: "Alley" means a street or highway intended to provide access to the rear or side of lots or buildings and not intended for the purpose of through vehicular traffic. "Arterial street" means any United States or state numbered route, controlled-access highway, or other major radial or circumferen…
(a) In addition to any other civil penalties ordered by the court, a person who violates any offense under this part may be ordered to pay a trauma system surcharge, provided that: (1) The maximum of which may be $10 if the violator is not already required to pay a trauma system surcharge pursuant to the violation of t…
(a) There is established, within the department of transportation, a safe routes to school program that shall, among other things, enhance traffic safety around Hawaii's schools, enable and encourage children to walk and bicycle to school, and make bicycling and walking to school a safer and more appealing transportati…
There shall be established in the state treasury the safe routes to school program special fund, into which shall be deposited: (1) Assessments collected for speeding in a school zone, pursuant to section 291C-104; (2) Safe routes to school program surcharges collected in accordance with sections 291-16 and 291C-5; (3)…
a) In addition to any other civil penalties ordered by the court, a person who violates any provision under part X shall be ordered to pay a safe routes to school program surcharge of $10 if the violator is not already required to pay a safe routes to school program surcharge for the violation. (b) The person shall pay…
(a) There is established within the planning branch of the highways division of the department of transportation for administrative purposes a safe routes to school advisory committee to advise the State on strategies to ensure that each child in the State is able to safely bike, walk, or roll to school. (b) The safe r…
(a) The department of transportation and county transportation agencies having jurisdiction over roads, highways, and similar infrastructure shall: (1) Define and regularly perform evaluations to identify high-risk or dangerous corridors and intersections, based on relevant statistics including crashes, injuries, fatal…
Each county police officer may enforce this chapter for any violation of this chapter that occurs on any federal, state, or county street, roadway, or highway.
This part applies upon highways and elsewhere throughout the State.
(a) The driver of any vehicle involved in a collision resulting in serious bodily injury to or death of any person shall immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the collision or as close thereto as possible but shall then forthwith return to and in every event shall remain at the scene of the collision until the d…
(a) The driver of any vehicle involved in a collision resulting in substantial bodily injury to any person shall immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the collision or as close thereto as possible but shall then forthwith return to and in every event shall remain at the scene of the collision until the driver ha…
(a) The driver of any vehicle involved in a collision resulting in bodily injury to any person shall immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the collision or as close thereto as possible but shall then forthwith return to and in every event shall remain at the scene of the collision until the driver has fulfilled…
The driver of any vehicle involved in a collision resulting only in damage to a vehicle or other property that is driven or attended by any person shall immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the collision or as close thereto as possible, but shall forthwith return to, and in every event shall remain at, the scen…
(a) The driver of any vehicle involved in a collision resulting in injury to or death of any person or damage to any vehicle or other property that is driven or attended by any person shall give the driver's name, address, and the registration number of the vehicle the driver is driving, and shall upon request and if a…
The driver of any vehicle which collides with or is involved in a collision with any vehicle or other property that is unattended resulting in any damage to the other vehicle or property shall immediately stop and shall then and there either locate and notify the operator or owner of the vehicle or other property of th…
(a) The driver of a vehicle involved in a collision resulting in injury or death of any person or total damage to all property to an apparent extent of $3,000 or more shall immediately by the quickest means of communication give notice of the collision to the nearest police officer. If sent to the site of the collision…
Written reports of accidents by drivers, owners, and occupants of vehicles involved in accidents shall be furnished in compliance with the requirements of chapter 287.
No person shall give information in oral or written reports as required in this part or in chapter 287 knowing or having reason to believe that such information is false.
The person in charge of any garage or repair shop to which is brought any motor vehicle that shows evidence of having been involved in a collision of which written report must be made by the driver as provided in chapter 287, or struck by any bullet, shall report to the police department, within twenty-four hours after…
(a) Any traffic collision report required under this chapter shall be made without prejudice to the person required to report information concerning the collision and shall be for the confidential use of the police department, except that the department shall, upon request, disclose the record, to any person directly c…
The provisions of parts III to XIV relating to the operation of vehicles refer exclusively to the operation of vehicles upon highways except, where a different place is specifically referred to in a given section.
It shall be a petty misdemeanor for any person to wilfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of any police officer invested by law with authority to direct, control, or regulate traffic.
Every person riding an animal or driving any animal-drawn vehicle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this chapter, except those provisions of this chapter which by their very nature can have no application.
Unless specifically made applicable, the provisions of this chapter except those contained in part XI shall not apply to persons, teams, motor vehicles, and other equipment while actually engaged in work upon the surface of a highway but shall apply to such persons and vehicles when traveling to or from such work.
(a) The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle, when responding to an emergency call or when in the pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law or when responding to but not upon returning from a fire alarm and vehicles used by police officers while in the performance of a police function, may exercise the…