Bill Text: HI HB191 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended

Hawaii House Bill 191 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating To Bicycles.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-11-30 - Carried over to 2018 Regular Session. [HB191 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2018-HB191-Amended.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	191
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO BICYCLES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 291C-43, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"[[]§291C-43[]] Overtaking a vehicle or bicycle on the left. The following rules shall govern the overtaking and passing of vehicles or bicycles proceeding in the same direction, subject to those limitations, exceptions, and special rules hereinafter stated:

(1) The driver of a vehicle overtaking another vehicle proceeding in the same direction shall pass to the left thereof at a safe distance and shall not again drive to the right side of the roadway until safely clear of the overtaken vehicle.

(2) The driver of a vehicle overtaking a bicyclist proceeding in the same direction shall allow at least a three-foot separation between the right side of the driver's vehicle, including all mirrors or other protuberances, and the left side of the bicyclist, and shall not again drive to the right side of the roadway until safely clear of the overtaken bicycle.

[~~(2)~~] (3) Except when overtaking and passing on the right is permitted, the driver of an overtaken vehicle shall give way to the right in favor of the overtaking vehicle on audible signal and shall not increase the speed of the driver's vehicle until completely passed by the overtaking vehicle."

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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.

Report Title:

Bicycle; Overtaking

Description:

Requires the driver of a vehicle overtaking a bicycle proceeding in the same direction to allow at least a three-foot separation between the right side of the driver's vehicle and the left side of the bicyclist. (HB191 HD1)

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