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HI HB191
Bill
Status
1/20/2017
Primary Sponsor
Nicole Lowen
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AI Summary
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Amends Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 291C-43 to add new rules governing vehicle drivers overtaking bicycles proceeding in the same direction.
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Requires drivers overtaking a bicycle to maintain at least a three-foot separation between the right side of the vehicle (including mirrors and protuberances) and the left side of the bicycle.
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Drivers must not return to the right side of the roadway until safely clear of the overtaken bicycle.
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Renumbers existing provisions to accommodate the new bicycle-specific overtaking rule while maintaining existing vehicle-to-vehicle overtaking regulations.
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Takes effect upon approval.
Legislative Description
Relating To Bicycles.
Bicycle
Last Action
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Tokioka excused (2).
2/17/2017