HI HR127

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration research estimates anti-crash technology could prevent up to 592,000 left-turn and intersection crashes annually and save 1,083 lives.

Anti-crash technology uses radio signals to transmit vehicle position, heading, speed, and other data to similarly equipped vehicles, enabling computers to alert drivers of impending collisions up to 300 yards away.

Technology can detect vehicles running red lights even when hidden around corners and alert drivers to sudden stops several vehicles ahead before brake lights of the immediately preceding vehicle illuminate.

Hawaii House of Representatives urges Congress to enact legislation requiring all new vehicles manufactured in the United States to be equipped with anti-crash technology.

Certified copies of the resolution shall be transmitted to the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, President Pro Tempore of the U.S. Senate, and Hawaii's Congressional Delegation.