Bill Text: HI SR21 | 2015 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Blind; Visually Impaired; Pedestrian; Department of Transportation

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-16 - Certified copies of resolutions sent, 06-16-15. [SR21 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2015-SR21-Amended.html

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THE SENATE	S.R. NO.	21
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE RESOLUTION

 

 

URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO PROMOTE AWARENESS AND SAFETY OF PEDESTRIANS WHO ARE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, there are over five hundred serious pedestrian-related accidents annually in Hawaii with twenty to thirty resulting in fatalities; and

 

     WHEREAS, pedestrians who are blind or visually impaired must take additional precautions when crossing streets, particularly due to their inability to see vehicles; and

 

     WHEREAS, pedestrians who are blind or visually impaired often rely on their sense of hearing to determine when it is safe to cross a street; and

 

     WHEREAS, electric and hybrid vehicles often make very little noise when driving at low speeds and pedestrians who are blind or visually impaired have complained that it is difficult to determine if an electric or hybrid vehicle nearby prevents the safe crossing of a street; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-eighth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2015, that the Department of Transportation is urged to promote driver awareness of pedestrians who are blind or visually impaired, including placing awareness posters in public facilities, purchasing radio and television advertisements, and installing street signs in areas of high pedestrian use, especially in areas of high use by individuals who are blind or visually impaired; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Transportation, Chair of the State Council on Developmental Disabilities, and Executive Director of the Disability and Communications Access Board.

Report Title: 

Blind; Visually Impaired; Pedestrian; Department of Transportation