Bill Text: HI SB804 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Bicycle Safety; Sidewalks; Pedestrians; Warning Sound
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-28 - The committee on TIA deferred the measure. [SB804 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2013-SB804-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to bicycle safety.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 291C-148, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§291C-148 Driving upon sidewalk.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no person shall [drive] operate
any vehicle upon a sidewalk or sidewalk area except upon a permanent or
authorized temporary driveway.
(b) Unless otherwise prohibited, a bicycle may
be [driven] operated at a speed of ten miles per hour or less on
a sidewalk or sidewalk area; provided that the [driver] operator
of the bicycle shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian and that bicycle
riding shall be prohibited on sidewalks in business districts.
(c) The operator of a bicycle shall provide an audible warning by bell, horn, or other sound emitting mechanism, when approaching and overtaking a pedestrian, whether from the front of or from behind the pedestrian, on a sidewalk or sidewalk area.
[(c)] (d) This section shall not
be construed as preempting the authority of the director of [transportation's
or counties' authority] transportation or the counties to control
parking on sidewalks under section 291C-114. Nor shall this section be
construed as prohibiting the director or a county from authorizing parking on
sidewalks when the authorization is [promulgated] adopted in accordance
with section 291C-114."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Bicycle Safety; Sidewalks; Pedestrians; Warning Sound
Description:
Requires the operator of a bicycle to provide an audible warning by bell, horn, or other sound emitting mechanism when approaching and overtaking a pedestrian on a sidewalk or sidewalk area.
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