ELECELECTRIC BIKES FREQUENT AFFORDABLE WAY TO GET AROUND.

MORE AND MORE SHOWING UP HAWAII'S ROADS AN SIDEWALKS WITH THAT GROWTH COMES CONCERNS.

ACCIDENTS UNCLEAR RULES SAFETY RISKS ARE PROMPTING CALLS FOR MORE EDUCATIONAL ENFORCEMENT.

WHAT CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE TO KEEP RIDERS AND EVERYONE ELSE SAFE?

JOIN THE DISCUSSION INFECTION SINUS I NEXT ON INSIGHTS.

♪ ALOHA AND WELCOME TO INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAII.

I'M YUNJI DE NIES.

ELECTRIC BICYCLES OR E-BIKES SEEM TO BE EVERYWHERE THESE DAYS.

A GROWING NUMBER OF HAWAII RESIDENTS ARE TURNING TO THEM AS AN AFFORDABLE, FAST, AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY WAY TO GET AROUND, BUT WITH THAT GROWTH COMES SERIOUS CONCERNS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY.

FROM CROWDED SIDEWALKS TO ACCIDENTS INVOLVING YOUNG RIDERS, HAWAII IS TRYING TO CATCH UP TO A TREND THAT IS MOVING FASTER THAN SAFETY RULES CAN BE MADE.

SO WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO MAKE E-BIKES SAFER FOR EVERYONE?

WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR PARTICIPATION IN TONIGHT'S SHOW.

YOU CAN EMAIL OR CALL IN YOUR QUESTIONS AND YOU'LL FIND A LIVE STREAM OF THIS PROGRAM AT PBSHAWAII.ORG AND THE PBS HAWAII YOUTUBE PAGE.

NOW, TO OUR GUESTS.

DARIUS KILA IS THE STATE HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISTRICT 44 WHICH INCLUDES HONOKAI HALE, NANAKULI, AND MAILI.

HE WON THE SEAT IN 2022 AND CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION.

MATT WEYER REPRESENTS HONOLULU'S COUNCIL DISTRICT 2 WHICH INCLUDES WAIKELE, WAHIAWA AND THE ENTIRE NORTH SHORE AND DOWN THE WINDWARD SIDE TO KAHALUU.

HE ALSO WAS ELECTED IN 2022 AND SERVES AS THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSING, SUSTAINABILITY, ECONOMY, AND HEALTH COMMITTEE.

MAJOR JAMES SLAYTER HAS 28 YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE HONOLULU POLICE DEPARTMENT AND IS CURRENTLY THE COMMADER OF THE TRAFFIC DIVISION.

HE PREVIOUSLY HEAD THE VEHICULAR HOMICIDE SECTION AT HPD.

TRAVIS COUNSELL IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HAWAII BICYCLING LEAGUE, A NON-PROFIT THAT ADVOCATES FOR SAFE STREETS.

HE HELPED TO START THE BIKEED PROGRAM WHICH EDUCATES YOUTH ABOUT BIKE SAFETY.

GET LANGUAGE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

THINKING ABOUT eBIKES STARTING TO SEE SO MANY DIFFERENT KIND OF MOTORIZED VEHICLES ON ONE WHEEL, TWO WHEELS ON ROAD, SAY eBIKE WHAT DO WE MEAN.

>> DEPENDS TALKING ABOUT LEGALLY OR IN THE PUBLIC SPACE.

I THINK eBIKE AND TERM ELECTRIC BICYCLE COME TO MEAN SO MANY THING E'O DIFFERENT THINGS.

ONE THING HAWAII BICYCLING LEAGUE COME UP WITH BETTER DEFINITION.

TAKE SOME TIME AND PUBLIC EDUCATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE MEET THE PUBLIC DEFINITIONS.

REALLY, A LOT OF THE DEVICES THAT ARE TWO WH WHEELS POWERED Y ELECTRICITY CALLED eBIKE.

I THINK THANKFULLY, WITH THE HPD'S AND CITY COUNCIL AND LEGISLATURE, WE'RE STARTING TO HAVE A BETTER DEFINITION OF REALLY WHAT ACTUALLY IS ECLECTIC BICYCLE VERSUS ELECTRIC DEVICES.

>>Yunji: RE FALLING UNDER REGULATIONS GET TO LATER TONIGHT.

>> ATE LOT OF TECHNOLOGY.

NEW TECHNOLOGY DIDN'T FIT INTO THE OLD DEFINITIONS OLD REGULATIONS AND NEED SOME UPDATES UNKNOWN OR NOT REALLY GRAY ZONES.

WEREN'T DEFINED.

DEVICE OUT THERE THAT NEEDED SOME UPDATES.

I'M THANKFUL WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE HOPEFULLY BEING SIGNED IN LATER THIS YEAR.

>>Yunji: MAJOR W WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT COMES TO SAFETY HERE?

HOW DANGEROUS OR HOW RISKY ARE THESE VEHICLES TO USE?

>> WELL, BUT TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE SAID WITH eBIKES, ACTUALLY VERY GOOD MODE OF TRANSPORTATION.

ACTUALLY VERY SAFE.

BUT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO NO MATTER WHAT MODE OF TRANSPORTATION YOU'RE USING, YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO OPERATE IT SAFE.

RIDER NOT NECESSARILY DEVICE ITSELF.

ADDITIONAL ALI'I WOULD SAY, TRAVIS MENTIONED WE'RE LUMPING ALL OF THESE OTHER DEVICES INTO THE TERM eBIKE.

SO WHEN WE ET GO CALLS FOR COMPLAINTS SAYING, THERE'S EBIKES, POPPING WHEELIES RIDING DANGEROUSRY.

WE TAKE A LOOK AT T THOSE ARE NOT eBIKES ELECTRIC BICYCLE.

PROBLEM TECHNOLOGY ADVANCED SO QUICKLY, LAW DIDN'T KEEP UP WITH IT.

WE'RE LUCKY THIS YEAR, WE'RE ABLE TO WORK WITH REP KILA PUSH SOME STUFF THROUGH.

FRAMEWORK NEED.

FOUNDATION GOING TO HELP US WITH ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC EDUCATION, TO TRY TO GET EVERYBODY TO BE SAFE.

>>Yunji: TALK ABOUT SOME OF THAT LEGISLATION STARTING WITH THE CITY AND THEN GO TO THE STATE.

COUNCILMEMBER WEYER, TELL US ABOUT WHAT YOU PASSED IN COUNCIL AND WHAT YOU THINK IT WILL DO.

>> WE HAD COUPLE BILLS THAT PASSED.

GOT INTRODUCED LAST YEAR.

BILL 52, COUNCILMEMBER TULBA WITH H COUNCILMEMBER TAM.

LEGISLATION TRY TO RESTRICT HIGHER POWERED ELECTRIC BIKES.

TALK THROUGH DIFFERENT NUANCE.

PUTS RESTRICTIONS ON STUNTS.

BILL 61 FLOOR LEADER CORDEIRO TRYING TO TARGET WHEEL IS IN THE COMMUNITY.

CAME FROM THE COMMUNITY.

WITH THE CITY, TRAFFIC LAWS, A LOT OF STUFF WE DO IS BOUND BY THE STATE TRAFFIC CODE.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR REPRESENTATIVE WORK ON THE BILL.

I THINK FOR US, FIGURING OUT HOW DO WE PROVIDE A TOOL IN THE TOOLKIT PARTICULARLY FOR HPD, NOT OVER-COMPLICATE THEIR JOB.

I THINK SOMETIMES OUR LEGISLATION MAKES IT HARDER.

SOMETIMES IS MAKES IT BETTER.

WHY I THINK MAYOR SETTING UP.

WORKING GROUP WAS SO GREAT.

TO BRING FOLKS TOGETHER AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

I THINK ULTIMATELY, IF WE'RE WEE LOOKING AT LEGISLATION WE WANT TO CRAFT IT IN A WAY THAT'S CLEAR.

SIMPLE.

EASY FOR WAS OFFICERS TO CITE AND GO THROUGH THE COURT PROCESS WITHOUTFULLY ANY WITHOU.

CITY CAN EDUCATION OF THE COMMUNITY.

STARTED WORK ON THAT LAST YEAR WITH THE POLICING TEAM GETTING INTO OUR SCHOOLS AND TIPPING TIP-CONTINUING DO THAT LOOK AT WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DEALING WITH ACROSS U.S., SEEING eBIKE PROBLEM.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT EUROPE, ALL OVER TOO, THEY HAVE LESS OF A PROBLEM BECAUSE THERE'S MUCH MORE INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO I THINK THAT'S WHY ALSO THE COMPLETE STREETS, BETTER BIKE LANES IS A PART OF THAT.

>>Yunji: I'M SURE WE'LL GET TO THAT.

REPRESENTATIVE, TELL US WHAT HAPPENED AT THE STATE.

LEGISLATION ON THE GOVERNOR'S DESK THAT WILL LIKELY GO INTO LAW.

>> PROBABLY MOST COMPREHENSIVE BILL SINCE GETTING ELECTED.

FINAL FORM.

MANIFESTATION WORK GROUP COUNCIL PUT TOGETHER AND PUBLIC LARGE A.

'S CONCERNS.

SD2.

HD 2 C.D.

1.

TWO HOUSE AND SENATE REVISIONS COME TO CONFERENCE DRAFT REVISION.

FIVE DIFFERENT MOCKOUTS.

BILL CHANGED FROM FI FIRST INCEPTION.

ONLY SO MANY TIME IN THE LEGISLATURE, ONE TIME CATCH THE LIGHT N LIGHTNING IN THE BO.

15 TO 22 PAGES.

FOUNDATION.

A LOT OF FOLKS ARE ASKING BIGGEST THING WANT FOLKS TO BE ENSURED.

LICENSE REQUIREMENTS NEED THE FOUNDATION FIRST BEFORE YOU PUT UP IN THE DRYWALL IN THE HOUSE.

>>Yunji: 22 PAGES WHAT IS THE SORT OF CORE FOUNDATION THAT YOU'RE ESTABLISHING HERE?

>> LARGELY GIVE YESTERDAY IT TO COUNCIL BECAUSE THEY TOOK THE FIRST CRACK WHEN THEY SAID WANTED TO PUT THE PROHIBITION ON STUNTS.

I FELT TERRIBLE FOR THEM.

THE PUBLIC WAS LIKE, DO YOU FOLKS ARE TRYING TO OVERREGULATE.

THEY DID TAKE THE FIRST CRACK FOR THAT BECAUSE NOW THAT'S LITERALLY, FIRST PAGE, DEFINES SAFE RIDING BEHAVIORS AN PROHIBITS STUNTS IN THE TRAFFIC CODE.

EXEMPTIONS FOR PARADES FOLKS DO SAFELY.

BUT THAT IS THE FOUNDATION OF.

TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, eBIKE IS AND WHAT IS NOT, CLASSIFIED HERE AS HIGH SPEED ELECTRIC DEVICE EXCEEDS 750 WATSON NOT DESIGNED FOR LEGAL ROAD USAGE.

WATTS.

HARD PART YOU DON'T WANT TO CONFINE ADVANCEMENT BUT YOU HAVE TO ALSO REEL IT IN FOR WHAT IS NOT.

STILL ALLOW THE ADVANCEMENT OF ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE AND MOPEDS DON'T WANT TO HURT THOSE OPERATORS.

LOOK AT THOSE VEHICLES THAT LOOK LIKE eBIKES THAT ARE NOT AND I THINK IF ONE THING FOR THE PUBLIC WATCHING, WE HAVE TO KNOW WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IS NOT.

THERE'S A PROVISION IN THE BILL THAT GIVES COUNTY SIX MONTHS WORK WITH OPERATORS, TO ACTUALLY START WHAT'S GOING TO BE KNOWN AS LABELING REQUIREMENTS.

OF CLASS ONE, CLASS 2, CLASS 3 eBIKE THAT THEY NEED TO BE LABELED ACCORDINGLY.

THIS WILL LET HPD KNOW NEW DON'T HAVE THE LABEL, NOT ROAD ILLEGAL.

>>Yunji: HOW MUCH EASIER WILL IT MAKE YOUR TO BE O HAVE THOSE DEFINITIONS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO ENFORCE?

>> DR TREMENDOUS.

CAN'T WAIT TILL GOVERNOR SIGN IT IS AND GOES INTO LAW.

EXCITED ABOUT IT.

DEDON'T WANT TO GIVE WRONG IMPRESSION.

GIVE CITATION.

THE CURRENT LANGUAGE THAT IS IN STATE LAW COMBINED WITH THE COUNCIL'S UPDATES, I THINK THERE'S STILL SOME CONFUSION FOR THE CONSUMER.

FOR THE PARENTS OUT THERE.

THAT THINKING WHAT CAN THEY AND WHAT CAN'T THEY BUY FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

WHAT IS SAFE, NOT SAFE.

HOW FAST CAN THIS GO.

REALLY, JUST HAVING THIS WILL GIVE US OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT AN KIND OF REVAMP OUR PUBLIC SAFETY MESSAGING.

TO GO OUT INTO THE SCHOOLS AND START TEACHING THEM WHAT THE CURRENT, WHAT THE NEW LAW IS.

WE COULD PUT OUT PSA'S THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.

JUST IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG BEGINNING BE NOT OUT TO ENFORCEMENT WE'RE OUT TO EDUCATE.

>>Yunji: GO BACK TO THOSE DEFINITIONS.

I FEEL LIKE YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THESE ARE.

TALKING ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT CLASSES BASICALLY OF MOTORIZED BICYCLES.

BUT HOW FAST DO THESE GO AND IF THEY FALL INTO A DIFFERENT CATEGORY, DOES THAT NENE MEAN THAT THOSE VEHICLES CAN GO INTO TRAFFIC?

HOW DOES THAT WORK.

>> GOOD QUESTION.

WE HAVE THREE CLASSES OF ELECTRIC BICYCLE.

THEN I WOULD SAY KIND OF FOURTH DEFINITION FOR ALL OF THINGS OUTSIDE OF BICYCLE.

CLASS ONE, TWO AND THREE, NATIONAL, 40 SOME ODD STATES ADOPTED THIS.

CLASS ONE CAN GO UP TO 20 MILES PER HOUR.

JUST PEDAL ASSIST.

JUST PEDALING GIVING YOU LITTLE BOOST.

CLASS 2, 20 MILES PER HOUR MAXIMUM.

MIGHT HAVE A THROTTLE SWELLS OPERABLE PEDALS.

MAYBE ONES FROM COSTCO OR SOMETHING HAS THAT THROTTLE.

CLASS 3 IS LITTLE MORE COMMUTER STYLE BIKE.

UP TO 28 MILES PER HOUR.

AGAIN, CAN BE RIDDEN SLOWER SPEED AND JUST PEDAL ASSIST AS WELL.

JUST WHAT WE'VE DEFINED AS A ELECTRIC BICYCLE, IT HAS OPERABLE PEDALS.

FIRST KEY THING.

AND GOES EITHER 20 OR 28 DEPENDING ON THOSE DEFINITION.

SUBCLASSES OF BICYCLE.

HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS RULES AS BICYCLE OUT THERE ON THE ROADWAYS.

>>Yunji: ONES SHOULD BE IN THE BIKE LANE.

>> CORRECT.

>>Yunji: IN TRAFFIC.

>> IN TRAFFIC NOT A BIKE FACILITY.

AND IN CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL AREAS MIGHT BE COMMITTED ON THE SIDEWALK MOST SPEEDS.

THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.

DEFINES ALL OF THAT IN THERE AS WELL.

OUTSIDE CLASS, HIGH SPEED ELEELECTRIC DEVICE, ABOVE 750 WATSON.

GOES UP 28 MILES PER HOUR.

NOT A BICYCLE, NOT A MOPED DON'T BELONG ON THE ROADS UNLESS THEY MEET THOSE DEFINITION OF MOPED OR MOTORCYCLE.

>>Yunji: WHAT ABOUT THESE VEHICLES OR THESE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY THEY CALL THEM DEVICE.

LIVE DOWNTOWN.

SEE PEOPLE ON UNICYCLE.

SINGLE WHEEL.

BIG MOTO MOTORCYCLE HELMET SPEEG LLIKE IT.

RON DOWN THE ROAD.

DRIVER SCARY.

CYCLIST SCARY.

DON'T WANT THEM ON THE SIDEWALKS.

BACK AND FORTH IN THE COMMUNITY.

GONE.

SOME KIND OF RENTAL, THESE BLACK ONES THAT I SEE DISCARD ON THE SIDEWALK.

WHAT ARE THOSE?

>> THE UNICYCLES THAT YOU WERE MENTIONING, ELECTROMICROMOBILITY DEVICE.

LUCKILY NOW HAVE THAT ACE DEFINITION IN THE LAW.

THAT WILL ALLOW COUNTY TO SAY, WHERE THEY WANT THOSE TO OPERATE OR NOT OPERATE.

WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE LEGAL.

SO ONCE THEY HAVE THAT, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE THROWS DEFINITION.

SADLY, JUST TO TAKE YOU BACK I I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO FAR INTO IT.

2021 FIRST STARTED SEEING TRAGEDIES OCCURRING WITH ALL OF THESE TYPES OF DEVICE.

THAT WAS THE YEAR ONE FATALITY FFROM EACH ONE CLASS.

SURO IN EWA BEACH AREA DRIVING HIGH RATE OF SPEED.

HITS CURB.

FLIES UP KILLS A PEDESTRIAN.

FIRST TRAGEDY.

ADMITTEDLY ACE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE SHOWED UP.

I WAS THERE AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THIS DEVICE?

LIKE IT'S NOT A BICYCLE.

DOESN'T HAVE PEDALS.

AND SO HERE WE ARE GOOGLE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE POWER ON THIS.

ARE YOU DOING A HORSEPOWER TO WATT CONVERSION?

TO FIGURE OUT WHERE IT FALLS INTO THE HRS AS FAR AS VEHICLE.

THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO CATEGORIZE WHETHER THIS IS NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE.

TRYING TO DEFINE THE WHAT CRIME OCCURRED.

AND THEN LATER ON IN THE YEAR, ACTUAL eBIKE.

SOMEBODY LOST CONTROL.

EJECTED ONTO THE ROADWAY.

NO HELMET.

PASSED AWAY.

FINALLY, WE HAD ONE OF THOSE EXACT DEVICE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UNICYCLE.

ELECTRIC UNICYCLE.

ON THE VIADUCT OF ALL PLACES, WHERE PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING AT 60, 65 MILES PER HOUR.

AND WAS RIGHT SHOULDER.

THIS INDIVIDUAL HIT SOMETHING IN THE ROADWAY.

EJECTED.

OR JUST LOST CONTROL AND WAS EJECTED INTO THE ROADWAY.

WHERE ONCOMING VEHICLE RAN HIM OVER.

NO HELMET.

ANOTHER TRAGEDY.

AT THAT POINT WE'RE LIKE, WE'VE GOT ALL OF THESE NEW DEVICE.

AND THEY'VE JUST BECOME.

MORE POPULAR OVER TIME.

REALLY ABOUT TRYING TO GET THE RIGHT LAWS IN PLACE TO HAVE DEFINITIONS SO THAT WE KNEW WHAT WE HAD BUT ALSO, WHAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD KNOW WHAT WE HAVE OUT THERE.

>>Yunji: GOT QUESTIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY.

PUT THESE AROUND.

NOT RIGHT PERSON TO ANSWER THEM, WE CAN KEEP IT MOVING.

SOMEONE FROM PEARL CITY, AND COUNCILMEMBER TAKE THIS ONE.

DO eBIKE RIDERS NEED A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR AGE REQUIREMENT TO MEET?

WHAT ARE THE RULES BEING ALLOWED TO USE THESE?

>> DEFER ON UPDATES TO THE LAW.

>> 16 WAS THE LAW BEFORE.

CURRENTLY 15 YEARS OLD TO OPERATE LOW SPEED ELECTRIC BICYCLE ON THE ROADWAY.

DON'T NEED A LICENSE.

TALKING ABOUT VEHICLES LIKE THE SURON EQUIVALENT OF ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE, ROAD LEGAL YOU WOULD NEED A TYPE 2 LICENSE.

>>Yunji: THESE ELECTRIC BICYCLE.

ANY BIG BOX STORE.

THEY SELL THEM.

REPRESENTATIVE KILA WHAT WILL CONCERNS FOR PARENTS AU THE THERE CHRISTMAS OR BUDGET DAYS.

LATEST THING FOR THEIR KID.

>> CONCERNING PART FOR ME IS YOU NEED A ADULT TO PURCHASE THIS.

THESE ARE NOT CHEAP.

THEY'RE NOT YOU'RE NORMAL RETRO RIDER RED BIKE.

THESE ARE EXPENSIVE THINGS.

BUT THAT WAS THE HARD BALANCE TO FIGHT BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SO TOUGH, THAT NOBODY CAN RIDE IT.

YOU WANT TO BE-DON'T WANT TO BE TOO LENIENT EVERYBODY IS RIDING IT.

PROVISIONS CLASS 1, 2 AND 3, LOOSENED UP YOU COULD BE A CLASS 2 RIDER UNDER 14 WITHOUT PARENTAL PERMISSION.

THAT CLASS 3 UNDER 18 YOU NEED A PARENTAL, I MEAN, SORRY UNDER 16, NEED PARENTAL SUPERVISION.

ALL OF THOSE NEED TO HAVE EITHER GUARDIAN OR PARENT PENALTY.

PUTTING RESPONSIBILITY ON THEM.

PURCHASING EEV eBIKE OR PERSON, BURDEN IS ONTO THE PURCHASER THEY NOW ARE GOING TO SAY, THEY HAVE THESE READ TO THEM.

KNOW WHAT THE RULES OF THE ROAD IS.

HPD IS NOW DOING THEIR JOB, CANNOT BE ARGUMENT I DIDN'T KNOW.

>>Yunji: EVEN IF YOU ARE THE PARENT, AND YOU'VE GIVEN TO A TEENAGER OUT THERE DOING WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING, YOU'RE THE ONE IS WHO ACTUALLY LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE.

>> LOOPED IT INTO REG LAKE REQUIREMENT FOR eBIKES.

REGULATION REQUIREMENT.

HPD HAS TO DEAL WHICH A LOT OF THEFT NOT REGISTERED, SORRY NOT LEGALLY REGISTERED, NOT REALLY ALLOWED TO BE ON THE ROADWAY, HARD TIME DEALING WITH TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THEM OFF.

PROVISION IN THE BILL THAT ALLOWS THEM IN CIRCUMSTANCES FOR TEMPORARY FORFEITURE.

TEMPORARY SEIZURE OF THESE EBIKES THAT ARE NOT eBIKES.

THESE ILLEGAL SU RONS.

>>Yunji: YOU DO A LOT OF, TEACHING.

WE ASK FOLKS INSTAGRAM HOW WE CAN MAKE THESE MORE SAFE.

REQUIRE MANDATORY SAFE CLASS FOR EVERYONE OW OWN OR RIDING EBIKES.

NEED PROPER USAGE.

INTERESTING PEOPLE INTERACTING ON THE ROAD WITH CARS WOULD MAY NOT BE LICENSED DRIVERS.

SO THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND RULES OF ROAD.

NOT INTUITIVE FOR A KID.

DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW THAT.

TAKING A LEFT AND WAITING FOR TRAFFIC.

OR OBEYING TRAFFIC SIGNS.

IS THERE ANY PROGRAM TO REQUIRE SAFETY CLASS SHOULD THAT BE MANDATORY.

>> YES.

EDUCATION FRONT IN GENERAL, WE HAWAII BICYCLE LEAGUE OFFER FOURTH GRADE EDUCATION.

REGULAR BIKE.

NOT ELECTRIC BIKE.

EDUCATION TO TEACH KIDS SAFETY, WITH THE GOAL OF THEM BEING ABLE TO RIDE TO SCHOOL IF THE PARENT WITH COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

DOING THAT 35 PLUS YEARS.

100,000 STUDENTS HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT.

MORE RECENTLY, PARTNERED WITH D.O.T.

AND OFFER eBIKE SAFETY CLASS.

12 DIFFERENT TYPES OF eBIKES YOU CAN COME SEE WHAT A CARGO BIKE AND ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT.

MAIN GOAL THERE IS TO GIVE YOU THE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE ESPECIALLY IN HOW THESE ARE DIFFERENT THAN REGULAR BIKES.

EXTRA POWER, EXTRA WEIGHT.

DEFINITELY HANDLE DIFFERENTLY.

AND CORE THINGS TO ALL OF THAT IS RIGHTS AND RULES OF ROAD.

BIKES HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE ON THE ROAD.

SAME ROOMS RESPONSIBILITIES SOMEONE DRIVE AG VEHICLE.

DON'T KNOW THOSE RULES WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THOSE.

ALL FREE CLASSES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

THANKS TO GRANTS FOR BOTH CITY AND STATE.

SO YEAH, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT MANDATING THAT TO BE ON A BIKE THAT MIGHT BE BARRIER TO THE ENTRY TO GETTING PEOPLE ONLINE BIKES THAT WE WOULD REALLY SUPPORT.

I DO THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD SEEK OUT THAT EDUCATION.

FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY.

LET ALONE COMMUNITY'S SAFETY.

>> TO THAT QUESTION, DEALING WITH LEGISLATURE ALL THESE PEOPLE INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS.

LICENSER REQUIREMENTS.

TELL PUBLIC ANYTHING, NEED FOUNDATION TO BUILD THE DRAW WALL FOR THE HOUSE.

FIRST SSTEP.

MOPED DRIVERS NEED A LICENSE.

LICENSE EXPIRES EVERY YEAR, PUT THAT ON eBIKE RIDER PUTS BARRIER TO RIDERSHIP.

MOTORCYCLE RIDERS ARE TIER 2 LICENSE PEOPLE.

DON'T WANT TO MAKE eBIKES FOLKS HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT ACTUALLY REMOTE OR CORE.

DON'T HAVE A CAR?

WE DID TRY.

BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST NOT WE CAN'T DO IT UNTIL WE GET THIS GOING.

>>Yunji: ONE THING THAT IS MANDATED HELMETS.

THAT CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

WHY WAS THAT SO IMPORTANT TO YOU?

>> I MEAN, HONESTLY, WE'VE SEEN IT IN THE COMMUNITY.

SOSERGEANT HAS ALL THE STATS.

CAN SPEAK INSTANCES WHERE WE HAD YOUTH THAT HAD TO HAVE RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY BECAUSE OF ACCIDENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED.

LET A L A ALONE DEATHS IN THE COMMUNITY.

PART OF BILL.

INCREASING TO UP TO 18.

I KNOW BILL HAS THAT AS WELL.

ULTIMATELY EVERYONE SHOULD BE WEARING HELMET.

IF YOU'RE ON A BIKE ON A MOTORCYCLE.

ON A MOPED.

REALLY SAFETY ISSUE.

IT'S NOT I MEAN, FOLKS DO GET RILED UP SOMETIMES WITH LAWS GET PASSED AND THEY FEEL LIKE GOVERNMENTS WILL OVERREGULAR IT LAG.

REALLY.

LOOK-OVER REGULATING.

IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY WANTING TO PROTECT YOUTH WHERE WE HAVE TO START.

UNDERSTANDING MAKING SURE THEY UNDERSTAND HOW TO BE SAFE.

EVEN IN THE eBIKE CONVERSATION, ANOTHER THING COME UP, JUST CONFUSION BECAUSE DIRT BIKES SHOW UP ON THE ROAD A LOT.

MAYBE CERTAIN PARTS OF ISLAND, SEE A LOT OF eBIKES, SOME PARTS OF THAT ARE COMMUNITY I'LL SEE DIRT BIKES DOING THOSE WH WHEELIES.

THOSE SHOU SHOULDN'T BE ON THE D AT ALL.

MORE EDUCATION BETTER.

THAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTS AND NEEDS.

>>Yunji: IF I COULD ASK YOU, THIS, ONE SAYS BIKE LANES FOR ALL BIKES.

eBIKES AND PET PEDAL BIKES.

SOUND AUDIBLE BELL.

SIDEWALKS OR FOR WALKERS AND RUNNERS.

SOMETHING THAT I'VE SEEN JUST ANECDOTAL BUT THAT YOU SEE PEOPLE WHO ARE DRIVING RIDING eBIKES OR SOME OF THOSE OTHER DEVICES WE TALKED ABOUT, ON THE SIDEWALK, THAT SEEMS QUITE DANGEROUS FOR PEDESTRIANS.

>> RIGHT.

THERE'S ALREADY CURRENT STATE LAW.

THAT PROHIBITS YOU FROM OPERATING LOW SPEED ELECTRIC BICYCLE ON SIDEWALK.

BICYCLISTS ARE ALLOWED SIDEWALKS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS NOT BUSINESS DISTRICTS.

CANNOT U EXCEED 10 MILES PER HOUR.

ONE STOP SHOP.

ALL LANGUAGE IN THERE ONE PLACE.

EASY TO SEE AND UNDERSTAND.

ULTIMATELY EVERYBODY HAS TO SHARE THE ROAD.

WHETHER IT'S PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLISTS, CAR, RIGHT?

SO WE HAVE TO FIND A WHAT TO ALL COTHES COHESIVELY WORK TOGE.

EACH ONE'S PERSONAL'S RESPONSIBILITY.

>>Yunji: WHAT ARE THE PERSOPEN PENALTIES.

VARIES.

LIST DIFFERENT PENALTIES BE HERE ALL NIGHT.

START LOW FINE TO HIGH FINE.

DEPENDENT WHICH SECTION OF THE HRS OR ROAC ROH VIOLATED, MOST PEOPLE RIDE ON THE SIDEWALK BECAUSE THEY FEEL UNSAFE ON THE ROADER ARE.

NOT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO ROAD.

NOT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE DANGEROUS OR CAUSE ISSUES.

A LOT OF SITUATION RIDING ON THE SIDEWALKS MORE DANGEROUS.

UNPREDICTABLE.

DRIVERS MIGHT NOT INSPECT YOU THERE.

WITH THAT -- MIGHT NOT EXPECT YOU THERE.

P INCREASED BIKE LANES PADS PROTECTED INFRASTRUCTURE AND GIVING DIVISION BETWEEN THE THINGS WITH WHEEL THAT IS MIGHT BE MOVING DIFFERENTLY THAN A CAR, BUT NOT PEOPLE WALKING, HAVING DEFINED SPACE AS BEST AS POSSIBLE, PLACES WE CAN'T UNFORTUNATELY.

SO MANY PLACES THAT WE COULD ADD BIKE LANES OR OTHER FACILITIES THAT WOULD REMOVE THOSE PEOPLE FROM THE SIDEWALKS THAT WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE RIDING IN A PROTECTED BAKE LINE OR SOMETHING.

-BIKE LINE.

MAKE PEOPLE WALKING FEEL SAFELY.

>> ADDED CHAPTER 91C PROHIBITS EXPLICITLY MOTORCYCLE USE AND MOPED USE FOR BIKE LANES BECAUSE THOSE BIKE LANES ARE FOR BICYCLISTS.

NOT GOING IN BIKE LANES BECAUSE UNPREDICTABLE.

OUTLINED CLEARLY WHO IS ALLOWED IN.

LEGAL ALLOWED IN THE BILL CLASS 1 AND 2 OPERATE ON THE SIDEWALKS.

CLEARLY CLASS 3 CANNOT.

>>Yunji: DIFFERENCE IN CLASSES SPEED.

>> IT IS THE SPEED.

I THINK ONE PROBLEM WE'RE GOING TO FACE EVENTUALLY MODIFICATION WHERE THE GOVERNOR, GOVERNING SPEED ININHIBITER CAN BE REINFORMED.

TAMPERING WITH eBIKES WITH THEY'RE SOLD.

FINE STRUCTURE.

BUILT OUT IN THE BILL FOR NONCOMPLIANT SELLERS DISTRIBUTERS eBIKES LEGAL OR NOT, THEY WILL FACE $500 PENALTY PER DAY PER VIOLATION.

>>Yunji: WOW.

QUESTION ABOUT MODIFICATION.

I WANT TO KEEP ON THIS.

TOOK ELECTRIC BIKE A CUSTOMIZED MYSELF.

ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE.

WHY WON'T THE STATE GIVE US WAY TO REGISTER MY VEHICLE AND MAKE IT LEGAL.

JUST WHAT HAPPENED WHEN MOPEDS FIRST CAME HERE.

WHAT DO YOU SAY?

>> PUT THE SAME THING.

HAVE THE FRAMEWORK FOR RECONSTRUCTIVE VEHICLES.

HAVE TO CONFINE WHAT THE INTENT WAS.

SOLD CERTAIN WAY OF BECAUSE THAT IS HOW THEY'VE BEEN TESTED.

WHEN YOU GO AND MOVE FROM OBVIOUSLY THAT EXTRA MILE PER HOUR FROM 28 TO 29, COULD BE LIKE LIFE OR DELGTD.

DEATHS.WHAT IS BEING MODIFIED WT WASN'T INTENDED HARD PART.

INFANT STAGES.

I GO BACK TO ANYTHING, SOMETHING YOU CAN DO IN A PUBLIC, I MEAN PRIVATE SETTING.

NOT FOR THE PUBLIC.

>>Yunji: MAKE THAT MODIFICATION HASN'T BEEN ROAD TESTED DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN A CRASH.

>> DEFINITION OF SALE, MODIFY THE VEHICLE FROM THE POINT OF SALE, YOU NOW ARE MAKINGING NONCOMPLIANT FOR ROAD USAGE A.

>>Yunji: I WANT TO GO BACK TO YOU.

MIKE IN HILO.

BY DEFINITION WHAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BIKE AND ELECTRIC POWERED MOTORCYCLE?

IS IT JUST PEDALING PART?

>> YEAH.

BOTH WATTAGE.

THAT 750 WASHINGTON STATE 750WA.

S HORSEPOWER AND OPERATING PEDESTRIAN AS.

ANYTHING ABOVE THAT PEDALS IT'S P ANYTHING ABOVE THAT ESPECIALLY DON'T HAVE PEDALS BECOMES ELECTRIC OR REMOTE OR SCOOTER OR MOTOR DRIVEN CYCLE.

>>Yunji: QUESTION THAT I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO TAKE.

CAN PARENTS BE HELD LIBEL WHEN A CHILD DOES SOMETHING WRONG U WRONG eBIKE HURTING THEY THEMSELVES OR SOMEONE ELSE.

TALKING ABOUT POINT OF SALE AND WHO IS RESPONSIBLE.

SEEMS THAT GOOD PARENTING SHOULD BE PART OF THIS ISSUE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

IF WE'VE SEEN TERRIBLE CASE.

7-YEAR-OLD GIRL LOST HER LIFE.

AND LET'S SAY THAT SOME OF THOSE WHEELIES WE SEE.

THINGS ELIJAH LIKE THAT, WHO DU PUNISH.

>> CIVILLY PROPERTY DAMAGE OR LOSS OF LIFE, CRIMINALLY, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR TO US GO AND CHARGE PARENT FOR WHAT THE CHILD DID WITHOUT THEIR KNOWING.

BUT I THINK THE BILL DOES HELP WITH HAVING IT WHERE YOU HAVE TO A PARENT AS A GUARDIAN ACTUALLY SEEING YOU OR BEING PRESENT WHILE YOU OPERATE THESE DEVICES.

THAT'S GO GOING TO BE HELPFUL.

>>Yunji: GIVEN PROVISIONS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, MAYBE THAT WOULD GIVE PAINTS PAS PAUSE THINKING ABOUT SHOULD I GO TO COSTCO AND BUY THESE.

>> I'M NOT A LAWYER.

SOSUPERVISING YOUR CHILD.

MADE CIVIL COURT, THERE WAS NEGLIGENCE.

I DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN THAT ROUTE.

2,021 EWA BEACH AND JUST SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, EWA BEACH HAD THAT LARGE, RIDEOUT JUST I MEAN, JUST DEFINE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.

I THINK TO WHAT HAS CHANGED IN THE PUBLIC, FROM 2021 NOW FIREWORKS.

CONSENSUS WE HAVE TO GET SOMETHING DONE.

>>Yunji: THERE IS A QUESTION HERE.

INTERESTING ONE.

TAMMY IN WAIALUA KAUA WANTS TO O KNOW, PEOPLE ALSO USE CELL PHONES RIDING eBIKES AIR SIMILAR VEHICLES.

DO THE LAWS ADDRESS THAT AS THEY DO FOR USING CELL PHONE WHILE DRIVING CAR OR WALKING IN A CROSSWALK.

TAMMY, I'VE SEEN IT THIS AND SEEN PEOPLE IN MOPEDS READING THEIR PHONE.

SO SCARY.

WHAT ARE THE RULES OF THE ROAD COMES TO CELL PHONE USAGE?

>> WE STILL CITE YOU MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE.

LAST MONTH DISTRACTED DRIVING AWARENESS MONTH.

JUST DID A WHOLE THING ON THAT.

I COULD GO ON FOR HOUR ABOUT DISTRACTED DRIVING.

CAN CITE OUR MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE OPERATING MOPED, REMOTE OR SCOOTER, ELECTRIC SURONS.

>>Yunji: QUESTION FROM GLENN MANOA.

THANKS THAT ARE WRITING IN.

CONCERNS ABOUT BATTERY EBIKES ON THE POSSIBILITY OF EXPLODING OR CATCHERRING FIRE.

GREAT PSA SERIOUS.

ED HFD TALK ABOUT BATTERY SAFETY BOTH CHARGE AN JUST IN GENERAL BATTERY SAFETY GET DAMAGED OR REALLY EVEN WHAT TO LOOK FOR.

A LOT OF THE MORE REPUTABLE BRANDS LEVELS CERTIFICATION.

CHEAPER ONCE MORE OF A CONCERN.

HOUSE FIRE IN KAILUA LAST YEAR.

USING WRONG CHARGER ON ONE OF THE CHEAPER BIKES.

A CONCERN.

I DON'T THINK IT'S NOT HAPPENING ON DAILY BAY ASSIST BY ANY MEAN BASIS ANY MEANS.

SOMETHING TO BE AWARE OF, BATTERY CHARGING PROCESS.

PROCEED TOWER ENSURE IT'S SAFE TO USE.

>>Yunji: WHAT CAN WE DISGHODISPOSEONES WE DON'T HAVE.

>> DIFFERENT PROGRAM ON THE ISLAND.

NATIONAL MOVEMENT TO RECYCLE BATTERIES.

A LOT OF TIMES MANUFACTURERS HAVE PROGRAMS.

>>Yunji: MAJOR MADE A REFERRED TO THAT SWARM THAT WE SAW IN THAT TROUBLING.

TWO TEENAGERS.

VIEWER HERE.

COUNCILMEMBER TAKE THIS.

WHAT CAN COMMUNITIES DO TO CURB SWARMS TEENAGERS OF EBIKES?

WEAVE SEPARATELY TOGETHER ON THE STREETS.

HARD TO KEEP TRACK.

HAZARHAZARD LUCY.

INDIVIDUALLY -- HAZARDOUS.

AS AN INDIVIDUAL YOU DON'T WHAT TO GO OUT AND TRY TO STOP THIS.

>> SEE ILLEGAL ACTIVITY.

CALL 911.

HAPPENED CAN RESPOND.

THEY'RE THERE TO DO.

APPRECIATE THE WORK THEY'RE DOING.

THEY HAVE CHALLENGES.

HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION HOW TO EDGEHOWTO ENGAGE WITH THE YON eBIKEMENT CHASE SOMEONE DOWN, HAVE A ACCIDENT, IT.COM WORSE IE WORSE SITUATION.

SAME CONVERSATION CHRISTMASTIME.

ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TALK TO FAMILY MEMBERS.

I MEAN, DON'T BE BUYING YOUR KIDS THESE FOR CHRISTMAS.

AND I DON'T KNOW EXACT DATA SAW A SPIKE AFTER CHRISTMAS.

THAT WAS MY FEAR.

DURING SUMMER ONE OF THE DEADLIEST TIME WAS YEAR.

SO THAT WHAT WE'RE TRYING HEAD OFF.

ENSURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

SO I THINK HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS, WITH FAMILY MEMBERS, MAKING THOSE DECISIONS, WHEN YOU'RE BUYING GIFTS, I THINK CITY AND THE STATE GETTING INTO SCHOOLS, EDUCATING MAKING SURE PARENTS ARE GETTING THIS INFORMATION, I LOVE IDEA OF PSA'S.

ESPECIALLY NOW WITH ALL OF THE TECHNOLOGY OUT THERE.

WE CAN REALLY PUMP OUT INFORMATION CHEAPLY GET TO THE PUBLIC AND DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE.

WAY THAT THEY C CAN DIGEST IT AND UNDERSTAND IT.

>>Yunji: GOOD POINT.

DON'T WANT TO NECESSARILY ENGAGE IN HIGH SPEED CHASE WHICH A BUNCH OF KID.

>> ACCIDENT COULD HAPPEN.

COULD BE DANGEROUS FOR OFFICERS AND PEOPLE YOU'RE TRYING TO TRACK DOWN.

HOW DO YOU ENGAGE WITH THESE GROUPS?

>> ESPECIALLY EXCELLENT QUESTION.

Y REALLY ENJOYED I LOVE THAT THE MAYOR HAD THAT eBIKE WORK GROUP.

THAT WAS OPPORTUNITY F FOR ME TO TALK TO COUNCILMEMBERS EMS, HFD, HBL WAS THERE.

DTS.

D.O.T.

WE HAD EVERYBODY AT THE TABLE.

REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM.

ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY CAME UP WITH.

WHY AREN'T YOU GUYS DOING MORE ABOUT THESE eBIKES AND E MOTORCYCLE?

STOPPING THEM?

DOING THEM WHEELIE.

COMMANDER OF WAIKIKI IN 2023 AND EARLY 2024, THAT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF BIGGEST CALLS I WAS GETTING.

SAW YOUR OFFICERS.

KID IS POPPING WE'LLY RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE SUBSTATION.

OFFICER DID NOTHING.

DROVE RIGHT BY.

POPPING WHEELIE, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?

ODD BECAUSE I HE HADED UP DOING RESEARCH AND LOOKING, ONE, I ENDED UP DOING RESEARCH COMCOMMENTED OFFICER MAKING GOOD DECISION.

COMMENDED OFFICER.

THEY'RE BATING US IN SOME CASES ARE ARE.

POPPING WHEELIE.

STICK FINGER.

DOING SOMETHING THAT IS TRYING TO BE LIKE CHASE ME.

WE DON'T WANT TO ENGAGE IN A PURSUIT IN A VERY HIGHLY, HIGH VOLUME POPULATED AREA A LOT OF TRAFFIC, JUST THINK OF THE RISK.

THINK IT FROM YOUNG OFFICERS 'MIND.

CONTEMPT OF COP.

STOP YOU GIVE YOU CITATION.

THAT'S DANGEROUS GREATER ARE.

WHAT IS THE RISK?

WELL NOW, MY VEHICLE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MANEUVER THROUGH THIS TRAFFIC TO KEEP YOU WITH YOU OR STOP YOU?

ANSWER IS PROBABLY KNOW.

2, TRIP MY SIREN A TURN LIGHTS ON, INDIVIDUAL IN MIDDLE WHEELIE, GETS HURT, WE CAUSE THAT COLLISION.

ENGAGE PURSUIT, OPERATING HIGH SPEED AND RIDER IS RIDING BEYOND THEIR CAPABILITIES, LOSE CONTROL, GO INTO TOURISTS.

PEDESTRIAN, RESIDENT.

WORKER.

YOU NAME IT.

SOMEBODY LOSE THEIR LIFE BECAUSE WE WERE CHASING THEM.

RIGHT NOW, LITIGATION TO THE CITY.

FOR THE OFFICER.

WAS IT WORTH IT TO TOP STOP STOT WHEEL I FOR THAT WHEEL I RIGHT THEN RIGHT THERE?

HEARING COMMUNITY MEMBER OFFICER WAS ON HIS WAY TO A ROBBERY.

YOU HAVE TO WEIGH IT OUT.

AM I GOING TO GO TO THIS VIOLENT CRIME OCCURRING TO SAVE SOMEBODY OR STOP FOR A FORR WHEELIE?

DON'T SEE US STOP INDIVIDUAL RIGHT THEN AND THERE, DOESN'T MEAN WE DID IT.

GO BACK AND LOOKING WE MADE THE NEWS.

HPD CRACKING DOWN ON eBIKES.

IT WASN'T eBIKES.

SURON WE DID.

SEVERAL OPERATIONS ARRESTED SIX INDIVIDUALS IN ONE NIGHT.

TWO OF THEM WERE 13-YEAR-OLD.

NO LICENSE.

GOT THEM FOR RECKLESS DRIVING.

POPPING WHEELIES.

USING THE CURRENT STATE LAWS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE.

AND THEN YOU GET THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE COMMUNITY.

PEOPLE CALL AND THEY SAY THINGS LIKE, WHY ARE YOU PICKING O THESE POOR KIDS FOR RIDING eBIKES?

HAVING FUN.

SO IT'S DIFFICULT BEING IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT.

BUT ULTIMATELY, WE JUST CARE ABOUT SAFETY.

THAT'S REALLY ALL WE CARE ABOUT.

MAYBE NOT GOING TO STOP YOU RIGHT THEN AND THERE.

BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION OR THE ENVIRONMENT WE'RE IN.

BUT WE DO CATCH YOU.

JUST A LITTLE BIT LATER IN A PLACE MAYBE WHERE IT'S NOT SO POPULATED.

>>Yunji: 13.

HOW CAN A 13-YEAR-OLD AFFORD DEVICE T LIKE THAT PRETTY SURE PARENTS PAID.

>> EACH OTHER THINGS, CLEARLY DESIRE TO BE OUT ON STREETS HAVING FUN.

RECOGNIZED THAT.

MAJOR SAID TIME AND PLACE.

THROSH BILL HIGHLIGHT.

DIDN'T MAKE IT ALL WAIT I ALL TY THROUGH, OPEN OPEN STREETS BILL.

DURING COVID WORK WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO CLOSE DOWN KALAKAUA IN WAIKIKI WHEN IT WAS VERY QUIET HELP TO EVERYBODY BUT CARS.

PEOPLE WALKING BIKE.

I LOVE TO SEE MORE OF THOSE AROUND OUR ISLANDS AN WHEREFORE AFTERNOON, ON THE WEEKEND OR SOMETHING NOT NECESSARILY DISRUPTIVE, GIVES PEOPLE OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT AND ENJOY OUR ROADS FOR DIFFERENT REASONS THAN DRIVING.

WHERE YOU CAN HAVE SAFE PLACE WHERE YOU'RE NOT IN TRAFFIC, TO ENJOY A BIKE RIDE.

ENJOY ELECTRIC BIKE RIDE.

WALK.

THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.

>>Yunji: TO POINT, WOULD BUILDING RACE TRACK CARS AND eBIKES CAN RACE HELP THE PROBLEM ON THE STREETS.

WHAT IS YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT.

>> I MEAN, HAVE I HEARD THAT FROM A LOT IN COMMUNITY.

AND IDEA THAT HAVING A PLACE TO GO PROVIDES OUTLET.

OF COURSE I THINK WE KNOW ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO RACE OR SPEED.

THE LAWS THAT WE PASS, TOOL IN THE TOOLKIT.

HPD WE KNOW THAT ARE RESPONDING.

WHEN THEY NEED TO AND PRIORITIZING AND RESPONDING BASED ON LIKE THE HIGHEST EMERGENCY AND PUBLIC SAFETY.

OF COURSE, EDUCATION IS A PART OF IT.

I'M DEFINITELY OPEN TO HAVING A RACE TRACK.

JUST FROM THE FEEDBACK.

I KNOW CITY ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN WORKING ON ONE AND TALKING ABOUT IT.

IT'S PROGRESS.

I WOULDN'T SAY CURE ALL.

I THINK ALL OF THESE ISSUES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMPLEX.

AND THEY OVERLAP.

EVERY POLITICAL ISSUE.

EVERY CITY, STATE, FEDERAL ISSUE.

SO WE REALLY H HAVE TO TACKLE IT FROM EVERY ANGLE.

>> TALK ABOUT SPEEDING, THERE WAS A BILL WE ALSO PASSED FROM THE PEARL CITY CENTER, IF YOU HAVE A SUBSEQUENT SPEEDING CHARGE, 80 MILES OVER, 30 MILES OVER.

THIRD AND OFFENSES VEHICLES CAN BE FORFEITURE.

90 DAY JAIL SENTENCE.

HRS, OFFICER IS IN ASKING YOU TO PULL OVER, IF YOU'RE EVADING PURSUIT, CLASS E FELONY.

OBVIOUSLY VIEWERS A AT HOME.

>>Yunji: I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BACK TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT BUILDING FOUNDATION.

WATCHING US ON YOUTUBE.

WHY CAN'T WE BUY THROTTLES?

I GO BAY GO BACK DO I HAD TO LEA LOT.

BECAUSE I REPRESENT DISTRICT WHERE, I UNDERSTAND WE DON'T WANT IN NANAKULI, MAYBE SOMETHING THAT SOMETHING URBAN CORE OF HONOLULU LIKES.

PART OF KAUAI AND LIKELY DON'T WANT TO MAKE LEGISLATION O HURTS OR INHIBITS A LOT OF THINGS.

HOPEFULLY RESOLUTION IN THE COMMITTEE REQUESTING COUNTY LOOK AT SUMMER STREETS PROGRAM.

APPROPRIATE, URBAN CORRIDOR.

THAT CAN DO THIS ACTIVITY.

GOE BACK TO WHAT I WILL SAY AGAIN TONIGHT.

WE HAVE THE FOUNDATION TO ALLOW US TO EXPAND.

BEGIGEUGIVE US TIME.

PUT THE SETBACK SIX MONTHS TO ALLOW COUNTIES ADOPT THE RULES, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO ENFORCE IT, SELLING DISTRIBUTING AND LABELING REQUIREMENTS.

>>Yunji: DO THE NEW LAWS MAKE IT EASIER FOR PROSECUTORS TO THROW THE BOOK AND VIOLATERS, HOW MANY CHANCE DO YOU GET BEFORE LOSING YOUR BIKE OR SPENDING NIGHT IN JAIL.

>> TERRIFIC BECAUSE IT IS DIFFICULT.

CURRENT STATE LAW DOES IT MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR PROSECUTOR AND JUDICIARY TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT ARE WE ACTUALLY GOING TO HOLD SOMEBODY ACCOUNTABLE FOR IT BECAUSE LAWS ARE CONFUSING.

AGAFRAMEWORK WE NEED TO HAVE THE LANGUAGE, I THINK IT'S GOING TO MAKE EVERYONE'S JOB EASIER.

PARENT WHO IS ACTUALLY CONSUMER.

RIDER PO IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE RIDING THESE DEVICES WHO IS LEGAL, ILLEGAL.

WHERE THEY CAN AND CANNOT OPERATE THEM.

POLICE EASIER FOR US TO ENFORCE THE LAWS, LOU LAWS ARE CLEAR.

DEFINITIONS ARE THERE.

KNOW WHAT WE'RE DEALING CAN.

EXPLAIN IT PEOPLE.

CURRENT STATE LAW OFFICERS, MISINTERPRETING OR EXPLAINING THIS.

CONFUSION.

AWAY NEED TAKE TO THE NEXT STEP.

PROSECUTORS EASY TO INTERPRET.

DEFINITIONS ARE THERE.

JUDICIARY, ABLE TO MAKE A DECISION BASED ON CLEAR LAW.

I THINK OVERALL, YES.

100%.

GOING TO BE A LOT HE'S WHYER FOR ALL US TO -EASIER TO WORK THROUGH THE PROSECUTION PROCESS,.

>>Yunji: FOCUSING A LOT OF NEGATIVE AND RISKS.

HIS POINT IS ABOUT THE CLIMATES.

eBIKES COULD LEAP DEUCE HELP REE CARBON EMISSION.

THESE COULD BE SAFE ALTERNATIVES GOOD WAY TO GET AROUND AND NOT MAKE MUCH OF IMPACT.

>> OF COURSE,.

NAVARRONAWAHINE SETTLEMENT.

NEED TO MORE TRANSPORTATION AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GOALS.

eBIKES AMAZING SUSTAINABLE LOW IMPACTS AFFORDABLE WAY OF GETTING AROUND.

SO I DO THINK A LOT OF THIS DEFINITION WAS AROUND THE PROTECTING WHAT IS ELECTRIC BIKE AND HOPEFULLY, PUSHING SOME OF STUFF MAKING THESE HEADLINES.

I DO THINK IT'S ALSO NEW TECHNOLOGY.

SO WE'RE ALL KIND OF EI MCNENAMORED.NEW CRASH WILL CATCR ATTENTION.

THESE ARE NOT INHERENTLY DANGEROUS DEVICE.

A LOT MORE PEOPLE USING THEM.

I THINK WE'RE ALSO SEEING A RISE IN FATALITIES IN OTHER THING.

ON OUR ROADS IN GENERAL.

REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON THE SAFETY THERE.

BUT eBIKES CAN BE AND BICYCLE IN GENERAL CAN IF I, STUMP A LITTLE BIT, BICYCLE CAN BE SOLUTION TO SO MANY OF OUR COMPLEX PROBLEMS.

ESPECIALLY THINGS THAT WE FACE HERE.

AFFORDABILITY.

SUSTAINABLE.

THOSE TYPES OF PIECES THAT WE WANT TO MAKE █SURE THAT THESE POSITIVES OUTWEIGH NEGATIVES.

>> N POSITIVES BILL THIS YEAR.

DIDN'T NEIGHBORING OUT OF CONFERENCE.

APPROPRIATED ALMOST $2 MILLION FOR 3 YEAR PROGRAM TO ALLOW FOLKS QUALIFY AND NEED A ASSISTANCE TO ACTUALLY PURCHASE ELECTRIC BIKE AND SECOND YEAR OF TRYING TO DO THAT.

BECAUSE WE OBVIOUSLY KNOW BARRIERS TO ENHANCE IS SOMETIMES AFFORDABILITY PART.

WANT MORE PEOPLE TO USE THESE DEVICE.

GOING BACK TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO FUND IT.

LARGELY, FEDERAL THINGS LOOMING O OUR HEAD GOING TO BE HARD.

>>Yunji: OBJECTEN THE ROAD NEEDE ROAD TOGETHER.

HOW MANY ACCIDENTS INVOLVE THESE VEHICLES?

ARE YOU TRACKING THESE SEPARATELY.

>> 2021 FIRST, TRACKING STATISTICS RELATING TO FATAL AND CRITICAL COLLISIONS.

SO IF YOU LOVE, JUST SAY EBIKE, WE USE THE CLASS 1, 2 AND 3, BASICALLY IS ABOUT SIX I BELIEVE SIX FATALITIES SINCE 2021.

IT'S ABOUT 2.5% OF THE TOTAL FATALITY COUNT.

IF YOU LUMP IN ALL OF THE DEVICES WHETHER IT'S SURON UNICYCLE eBIKES, 3.5% TOTAL FATALITY COUNT.

NINE.

TRADITIONAL BICYCLISTS ARE 7%.

DOUBLE.

OF WHAT WE HAD FOR LUMPING ALL OF THEM TOGETHER.

NOW, AND I THINK TRAVIS NAILED IT, TALKING ABOUT FATALITIES OVERALL ON THE RISE.

28 ALREADY THIS YEAR.

WE'RE ON COURSE TO SET A RECORD THAT WE DON'T WANT.

TO HAVE.

WE DON'T WANT THIS RECORD.

WE HAVE TO DO BETTER.

HAVE TO DO BETTER EVERY CATEGORY.

NOT JUST eBIKES ANYTHING ELSE.

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO TRY AND FOCUS ON ALSO IS PEDESTRIAN.

THAT IS THE HIGHEST C CATEGORY.

SINCE 2021, 30%.

LEAD ALL CATEGORIES.

EVERYONE'S SINGLE RESPONSIBILITY.

SUMMERTIME COMING UP.

DEADLIEST DAYS NATIONAL TREND.

LUCKILY IN HAWAII, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE SAME SIGNIFICANT SPIKE DURING THESE DEADLIEST HUNDRED DAYS.

GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR TO US MAKE IT SAFEST HUNDRED DAYS.

SO CAN FROM MEMORIAL DAY TO LABOR DAY, GOOD OPPORTUNITY.

GRADUATION SEASON COMING UP.

DO QUICK PLUG FOR ALL THE VIEWERS.

IF YOU HAVE KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO GRADUATE OR YOU'RE A PARENT OR GRANDPARENT OR WHATEVER, MOMENTOUS OCCASION.

GRADUATION IS BIG.

YOU SHOULD CELEBRATE.

HAVE FUN.

HAVE I GREAT TIME.

DO IT RESPONSIBLY.

BE SAFE.

SET UP A RIDE SHARE.

DESIGNATED DRIVERS.

DO SOMETHING TO PREVENT YOU FROM GETTING BEHIND THE WHEEL IMPAIRED.

ESPECIALLY DURING HOLIDAYS, DURING THE GRADUATION SEASON.

>>Yunji: SUCH A GOOD REMIND.

30% BEING PEDESTRIANS.

I KNOW THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF LEFT TURN HERE.

CAN YOU TELL US BRIEFLY, WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THAT TO?

DRIVERS NOT BEING AWARE OF PEDESTRIANS?

PEDESTRIAN IS NOT BEING AWARE OF OWN SURROUNDING.

COME ENORMOUS.

>> IT IS.

ALARMING.

OTHER THING IS MOTORCYCLE RIDERS TAKE ANOTHER WHOLE HOUR, BUT PEDESTRIANS WE SEE A COMBINATION OF FACTORS.

SO FROM THE PEDESTRIAN SIDE, THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING IS THEY ARE CROSSING AGAINST THE RED PALM.

AS SOON AS THE RED PALM STARTING FLASHING WITH COUNTDOWN, COUNTDOWN DOESN'T MEAN LETTING YOU KNOW HOW MUCH MORE TIME TO ENTER.

NO.

ONCE THE RED PALM STARTING FLASHING DO NOT ENTER THE CROSSWALK.

ILLEGAL DO SO.

ALSO MESSING UP TRAFFIC.

AND THEN YOU'RE NOW BECOMING UNPREDICT NLABLER FOR DRIVERS.

EXPECT UN YOU'RE GOING IT FOLLOW THE LAW.

RIGHT-HAND TURN.

DART OUT GET HIT.

NOT USING MARKE MARKED YO CROSS.

DARK CLOTHES.

PEOPLE LAYING IN ROADWAY.

A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO BETTER AT PEDESTRIANS.

BUT ALSO, ON THE VEHICLE SIDE, DRIVER 'SIDE, PAY ATTENTION PUT THE PHONE AWAY THE DON'T BE DISTRACTED.

DISTRACTED UNDER REPORTED FACTOR A LOT OF THESE COLLISION.

THREE TYPE OF DISTRACTION.

IT'S ACRONYM IS MBC TAKING HANDS OFF THE WHEEL, VISUAL.

TAKING EYES OFF THE ROAD OR COGNITIVE NOT PAYING ATTENTION.

YOU HAD A FIGHT TODAY.

YOU HAD A BAD DAY AT WORK.

HAVING A CONVERSATION.

SO CELL PHONE IS THE DEADLIEST OF ALL OF THEM BECAUSE YOU'RE ACTUALLY HITTING ALL THREE OF THOSE.

GETTING MBC AND IRONICALLY, ALSO STAND MULTIPLE VEHICLE COLLISION.

DISTRACTED LEAD TO THAT.

DRIVER NOT IMPAIREDDER DON'T BE DISTRACTED AND SLOW DOWN.

WATCH OUT FOR PEDESTRIANS.

>>Yunji: YOU'LL GOOD REMINDERS.

GET BACK TO BIKES NOW.

HENRY QUESTION.

YOU DID BRING UP INSURANCE.

CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.

POSSIBLE TO MANDATE NO FAULT INSURANCE LIKE WITH VEHICLES?

>> YOU COULD.

ANY TIME WANT TO GO BACK.

HOW COMPLICATED NO FAULT INSURANCE WORKS.

OWN SEPARATE BILL.

BUT WHEN YOU TALK TO INSURERS IN HAWAII, DON'T HAVE THE FRAMEWORK RIGHT NOW.

EVEN IF THEY WANTED TO ENSURE THESE eBIKES.

NATIONALLY, THERE ARE SOME STATES BUILT UP FRAMEWORK.

I GO BACK TO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CONCEPT OF INSURANCE, POOL YOU GENERATE HAS TO SUSTAIN THE POOL YOU'RE SERVING.

IF YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO PROVIDE INSURANCE FOR THE FIVE BIKES.

NO WAY THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE IT FORWARD.

LARGER STATES MORE PULL TO PULL IT FROM.

AGAIN, TO DO THE NO FAULT INSURANCE, AND THEN TRY TO JUSTIFY WHO IS AT FAULT, GOING TO BE SUPER-HARD.

>>Yunji: IS INSURANCE APPROPRIATE FOR THESE KINDS OF DEVICES?

>> WHY, DEPENDS WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO INSURE.

LIKELY SOMEBODY IN VEHICLE TO CAUSE DAMAGE O OTHERS OR THEMSELVES LIKELY HIGHER THAN U THAN SOMEBODY O AND I BITCOIN.

BICYCLE.

YOU CAN GET INSURANCE TO COVER DAMAGE TO OTHERS.

NOT COMMON ENOUGH PLACE.

NOR TRULY APPROPRIATE AT THIS POINT MORE LOOKING AT MOARVEL.

A LOT TIME-MOTOR VEHICLE.

COVERAGE OR HOMEOWNERS COVERAGE WILL EXTENDING TO OTHER PIECES.

>>Yunji: I WANT TO GOLF TO BACKO OR VEHICLES.

UNICYCLES AND SCOOTERS AND THEN SCOOTERS THAT SORT OF LIKE RIDE SHARE SITUATION.

WHAT GO GOVERNS IS THAT?

WHAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT?

ONE OF THOSE ON THE ROAD.

SIDEWALK.

OR IN A BIKE LANE.

ARE THEY ALLOWED TO BE THERE?

>> WELL, THAT'S WHY RIGHT NOW, IT'S CONFUSING FOR EVERYONE.

SO WHAT IS ALLOWED AND WHERE IT'S ALLOWED.

THERE'S GRAY.

AN CONTRADICTIONS BETWEEN CITY AND STATE.

AND STATE IS GOING TO SUPERSEDE.

CITY.

WHEN THERE'S TWO LAWS IN THE STU YCITYYOU HAVE TO BE 16 TO .

CONFUSION.

HOW ARE D WE GOING TO PROSECUTE?

CITY LAW.

STATE LAW SAYS THIS.

REALLY THIS IS THE FRAMEWORK WE NEED TO MAKE IT ALL CLEAR EASY FOR OFFICERS.

SEE ONE OF THESE DE DEVICE IS NT CLASS ONE, TWO OR THREE, NOT LABELED.

NOT HIGH SPEED ELECTRIC DEVICE.

OUT OF CLASS ELECTROMOBILITY DEVICE.

THAT'S THE LANGUAGE WE NEED.

GO TO COUNCILMEMBER CAN WE GET LANGUAGE FOR THIS ON OAHU?

WHAT WE THINK.

WE CAN MAKE THAT THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO ENFORCE LAWS AGAINST THOSE TYPE OF DEVICES.

>>Yunji: ELECTRIC MICROMOBILITY DEVICES ARE NEXT.

>> DEFINITION.

>> PAGE 11 OF HPD LINE 3.

DEVICE WEIGHING NO MORE THAN 75 POUNDS.

MOTORIZED USE FOR PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION ONE WHEEL ELECTRIC SKATEBOARDS DOES NOT INCLUDE ELECTRIC BICYCLE OR FOOT SCOOTEDDERS.

>>Yunji: WHERE DO THESE FALL IN ALL OF THIS.

>> CODIFYING WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IS NOT.

BECAUSE NOW, WITH THE DEFINITIONS THAT WE ADOPTED AND EXPANSION FOR UNDER CHAPTER 91, FOR THEM TO EXPAND THE RULE MAKING AND COUNTIES, THIS WAS I DON'T WANT TO SAY VIRTUAL BULLET.

GIVING THEM THE -- SILVER BULLET.

KEYS TO MOVE FORWARD WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.

I WILL TAKE FAULT.

COUNTY HAD TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING WITHOUT THE LEGISLATURE IN SESSION.

SO COMING TO THE SESSION WE NEED TO GIVE THEM EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO MOVE FORWARD TO GAVE IT, MY THEORY TO GOVERNOR.

SIGN IT SO THEY CAN START GETTING TO WORK.

GOING TO BE A CRAZY NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST REGULATIONS GO BACK TO.

MENT AROUND DISTRIBUTION.

HAVE SO MANY TIME TO GET IT TOGETHER.

>>Yunji: ELECTRIC MICROMOBILITY DEVICES.

NEXT?

>> CONVERSATION WE HAVE.

PART OF STRUGGLE IS LOOKING AT ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT DEVICES, KIND OF LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT, WHERE EACH OF THEM ARE APPROPRIATELY PLACED, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITATION.

JUST LOOK AT OUR DISTRICT, VERY NARROW SHOULDERS SOME PLACES.

SEEN SOME PLACES NORTH SHORE, EVEN IN TOWN, AMAZING BAKE LINE WAS PARKING.

BIKE LINES.

FIGURING OUT WHAT THE GOOD FIT IS ALLOWS FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY TO NAVIGATE.

GET ALONG WITH THEIR LIFE.

GET TO WORK.

GET TO SCHOOL.

USING DEVICES ACCESSIBLE TO THEM.

STILL SAFE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

ULTIMATELY, I THIS THAT IS WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO FIGURING OUT WHERE IS IT SAFE.

FOR EACH OF THESE DEVICES TO OPERATE.

COMING BAY B BACK TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION OF IDENTIFYING WHAT DEVICES WERE RESTRICTING.

AND THEN FROM THERE, MOVING INTO HOW WE CAN REGISTER THEM, OBVIOUSLY COMPLICATIONS WITH THE INSURANCE.

THIS ISN'T, IF WE LOOK AT OTHER COMMUNITIES, GLOBALLY, eBIKES ARE TAKING OFF.

WE TALKED ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY WISE.

TRANSFERTRAVIS WAS TALKING ABOU.

SEE SUCCESS PLACES WHERE THERE'S A CLEAR-CUT LINE, SO WE HAVE SPEED LIMIT OR WATTAGE OR WHATEVER IT IS, SAY SOME COMMUNITIES, IT'S 15 MILES PER HOUR, 25-KILOMETERS PER HOUR, ETHIOPIABOVE THAT EVERYTHING REGULATED.

LICENSED TREATED LIKE A BIGGER DEVICE.

INFRASTRUCTURE.

TO HAVE EVERYBODY IN THEIR SAFE SPACE.

THAT'S WHY THE WORK WE'RE DOING AT THE CITY ON SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS AND BIKE LANES AND EVEN ROAD IMPROVEMENTS SO SO IMPORTANT.

>>Yunji: WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THOSE DEE HE DIETS S SOMETHING YOU EMBRACE IN MIXED BAG.

>> LONGEST TIME WORK E'O WALKING DRIVING TAKING BUS.

THREE DIFFERENT MODES AND NOW WE'RE PLAYING A LITTLE BIT OF CATCH UP OF ALL OF THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY.

MICROMOBILITY DEVICE AND GETTING AROUND OUT OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE, HAS GOTTEN COMPLICATED A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEPIECES COMES BACK TO RESPONSIBLE USE OF THOSE.

ANYBODY CAN DRIVE RECKLESSLY.

ANYBODY CAN RIDE A BICYCLE RECKLESLY.

DO IT RESPONSIBLY, AND SHARE THE ROAD TOGETHER, THAT IS PROBABLY FINE.

I THINK WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THESE THINGS GO AWAY.

BUT I THINK THIS BILL ESPECIALLY DEFINES THEM.

AND HOPEFULLY, WORK VARIOUS COUNTY LEVELS TO SAY, WHERE DO THOSE NOW DEFINED DEVICES BELONG?

ARE THEY ON THE SIDEWALK?

IN THE BIKE LANE?

MORE A VEHICLE?

NEXT STEP.

>>Yunji: NOW, IT'S REALLY UP TO THE USER TO FIGURE OUT WHERE IS MY VEHICLE PLACE IN THIS FRAMEWORK?

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO PEOPLE WATCHING HOW DO I MAKE SURE I'M IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL OF THIS.

>> A AS SOON AS LAW PASSED.

PSA COMING OUT.

TELL YOU EXACTLY WHERE EVERYTHING BELONGS.

WHERE YOU'RE ABLE TO OPERATE, WORK WITH OUR COUNCIL TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT'S BEST FOR OAHU.

MIGHT NOT BE WHAT'S BEST FOR BIG ISLAND OR MISS HAWAII.

IT GIVES THE -- FOR MAUI.

OPPORTUNITIES OR END LESSEDLESSD HERE BUT NOT HERE.

PUT SIGNAGE LET PEOPLE KNOW WHERE IT'S OPERABLE.

>>Yunji: JIMMY IN PALOLO.

HEAR IT FROM YOU ILLEGAL FOR eBIKE AND MO MOPED TO HAVE TWO RIDERS?

>> YES.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.

>> eBIKES, I THINK.

DEFINITIONS SAY, THAT YOU CAN HAVE AS MANY RIDERS AS IT IS EQUIPPED TO HAVE.

SO T TANDEM BIKE TWO PEOPLE.

CARGO BIKE.

MIGHT HAVE SEAT ON A BACK.

WHEN IT'S EQUIPPED, YES.

BUT DEFINITELY NOT CAN'T SIT ON HANDLE BAR, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

A LOT OF THOSE CRASHES.

PEOPLE PACKING ON THESE ELECTRIC HIGH SPEED ELECTRIC DEVICE.

GET INTO A CRASH AND BOTH INDIVIDUALS ARE INJURED.

SEEN MORE AND MORE WHERE THEY'RE PACKING.

>>Yunji: WOW.

OKOKAY IMAGINING BIG PUBLIC SAFETY CAMPAIGN COMING UP.

>> CAN I JUST SAY, MY FAVORITE ONE, I WILL GIVE THE COUNCIL THIS CREDIT.

HAMMAS WHERE HELMETS TALKING TO PEOPLE THAT THESE OPERATES GEN-Z DON'T KNOW WHY NEGATIVE CONNOTATION WITH HELMETS.

WEAR A HELMET.

HOW WE MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE AT?

BARRIER WITH THE BILL.

ORIGINAL INTENT, HAD APPROPRIATION FOR PUBLIC CAMPAIGN.

THE SAW SESSIONS EVOLVE, BILLS WITH MONEY HARD T TO PASS.

HAD REMOVE THE MONEY PART FROM THE BILL.

I'M GOING TO PUT IT OUT THERE NOW.

A LARGE PART TAKE MONEY FROM THE COUNTY PRIVATE ORGANIZES OR PUBLIC ORGANIZE PUT FORTH COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC CAMPAIGN.

>>Yunji: ANSWER QUESTION HERE.

A LOT OF NEWS ABOUT INJURIES PEOPLE SUFFERING eBIKE CRASHES NO DETAILS ABOUT THE INJURIES THEMSELVES.

MAYBE PEOPLE KNEW WHAT KIND OF INJURIES POSSIBLE TAKE THE ISSUE MORE SERIOUSLY.

HEARD FROM FATALITIES.

BUT YOU DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO SUFFER FATALITY TO BE SEVERELY HURT.

>> CORRECT.

A LOT OF THE INJURIES ARE HEAD INJURY MPS NOT WEARING HELMETS MEVEN WITH MOTORCYCLE WEARING HELMET.

TRAVELING EXCESSIVELY, HIGH SPEED, HOW MUCH IS GOING TO SAVE YOU.

>> I'M FROM THE SCHOOL OF THOUGHT THAT I WOULD LOVE TO DO P SA'S ACTUALLY SHOW BAD IT CAN BE.

BEEN TO HUNDREDS FATALITIES WHERE I HAVE SEEN HOUR IBLG THINGS THAT I -- HORRIFIC THINGS I CAN'T UNSEE.

BUT NOT THAT I WANT TO SHOW EVERYBODY THAT.

BUT I THINK THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO CHANGE YOUR OUTLOOK.

WHAT IS GOING TO CHAWG YOUR PERCEPTION.

CHANGE YOUR PERCEPTION.

UNTIL YOU SEE THE TRAGEDIES, YOU SEE THE EFFECTS SO MANY PEOPLE NOT JUST PERSON RIDING.

PERSON WHO HIT THAT PERSON.

YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS.

FRIENDS.

COWORKERS.

IT'S JUST DOCUMENT MASON HO EFFECT.

IT -- DOCUM DOMINO EFFECT.

AFFECTS A LOT OF PEOPLE.

RANGE BROKEN BONE TO HEAD TRAUMA PROBABLY NEVER HEAR FROM.

>>Yunji: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

HAPPENS IN LIGHT THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT.

>> I HOPE GOVERNOR SIGNS THIS.

HOUSE BILL 958.

RAPIDLY WE'VE GOT Y Y GOT A LOTF WORK TO DO FROM THAT GREAT FOUNDATION.

MAY IS BIKE MONTH.

JUNE 3 WORLD BICYCLE DAY.

GOOD INSPIRATION TO GET OUT ON A BIKE.

FREE WORKSHOPS LEARN HOW TO RIDE A BIKE, FIX A FLAT TIRE.

AFFORDABLE FUN SUSTAINABLE WAY TO GET AROUND.

>>Yunji: THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

GREAT CONVERSATION.

MAHALO TO YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT — AND WE THANK OUR GUESTS - REPRESENTATIVE DARIUS KILA AND MAJOR JAMES SLAYTER FROM HPD AND COUNCILMEMBER MATT WEYER AND TRAVIS COUNSELL FROM THE HAWAII BICYCLING LEAGUE.

NEXT WEEK ON INSIGHTS, FROM PHONE CALLS AND TEXTS TO EMAIL AND SOCIAL MEDIA—SCAMMERS ARE USING EVERY TOOL AVAILABLE TO FIND NEW VICTIMS.

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ALOHA!

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