Report Title:
Moped Speed; Bicycle Lane Usage
Description:
Specifies when a moped must use a bicycle lane and clarifies the speed limit applicable to a moped.
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TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to mopeds.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 291C-197, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) Wherever bicycle lanes are provided
on [the] a roadway[,] with a speed limit of greater
than thirty-five miles per hour, moped drivers shall use such bicycle lanes.
Moped drivers may use bicycle lanes on a roadway with a speed limit of
thirty-five miles per hour or less."
SECTION 2. Section 291C-198, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) No person shall drive a moped at a
speed greater than either thirty-five miles per hour (fifty-eight kilometers
per hour)[.] or the posted speed limit for the roadway if less than
thirty-five miles per hour. This prohibition shall apply whether a person
drives a moped on a roadway laned for motor vehicles or on a bicycle lane."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2008.
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