HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1014

TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO THE TRAFFIC CODE.

 

 

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

 


SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that vehicles using wheels that have the propensity to cause severe injury and property damage have increased.  By design, most of these wheels have parts that extend past their rim (i.e., gorilla pokes, superpoke elbows, giraffe necks, etc.); however, others are not designed that way by the manufacturer but are just as dangerous due to the addition of aftermarket parts, such as lug nuts and wheel covers that bear sharp, pointed projections.

The legislature finds that the existing law does not address the inherent dangers surrounding the use of these types of wheels that are considered dangerous.

The purpose of this Act is to prohibit the use of certain types of wheels that are considered dangerous.

     SECTION 2.  Section 291C-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new definition to be appropriately inserted and to read as follows:

     ""Dangerous wheels" means any wheel, wheel cover, hubcap, lug nut cover or cap, prong, or any ornamentation affixed to any of the aforementioned items that extends past the wheel's rim and would cause injury or property damage by contact with a person or object."

     SECTION 3.  Chapter 291C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part XII to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§291C-     Dangerous wheels; prohibited.  (a)  No person shall operate on any highway any vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer that is equipped with dangerous wheels.

     (b)  A violation of subsection (a) shall constitute a violation."

     SECTION 4.  This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.

     SECTION 5.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 6.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Traffic Code; Dangerous Wheels; Prohibited

 

Description:

Defines and prohibits the use of dangerous wheels.

 

 

 

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