OUR ROADS AND EACH DAY, THERE’S THE RISK OF SERIOUS, EVEN DEADLY CRASHES.

OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE STATE HAS TAKEN ACTION TO REDUCE AND POSSIBLY ELIMINATE TRAFFIC DEATHS, BY INSTALLING TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES.

THOSE INCLUDE SPEED HUMPS AND RED LIGHT CAMERAS, SO ARE THEY WORKING?

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I'M YUNJI DE NIES.

WE’RE HALFWAY THROUGH 2024, AND SO FAR THIS YEAR THERE HAVE BEEN 37 TRAFFIC FATALITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

HAWAII COUNTY HAS THE UNFORTUNATE DISTINCTION OF LEADING THAT LIST WITH 18 TRAFFIC DEATHS.

AS DRIVERS, WE CAN PRACTICE SAFE HABITS WHILE BEHIND THE WHEEL, BUT WE CANNOT CONTROL WHAT OTHER DRIVERS ARE DOING.

TO ENCOURAGE SAFE DRIVING HABITS, THE STATE HAS BEEN USING VARIOUS METHODS TO IMPROVE ROAD SAFETY, MAKING DRIVERS SLOW DOWN AND MORE AWARE OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS, BUT SOME RESIDENTS ARE FRUSTRATED WITH THE NEW MEASURES.

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NOW, TO OUR GUESTS.

DEMOCRATIC SENATOR SHARON MORIWAKI WAS ELECTED IN 2018 TO REPRESENT DISTRICT 12, WHICH INCLUDES WAIKIKI, ALA MOANA, KAKAAKO AND MCCULLY.

SHE’S A LAWYER AND ALSO SERVED IN FORMER GOVERNOR JOHN WAIHEE’S CABINET.

ED SNIFFEN IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

THE AGENCY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PLANNING, DESIGNING, CONSTRUCTING AND OPERATING OUR STATE ROADWAYS AS WELL AS MANAGING HARBORS AND AIRPORTS.

EDWARD AQUINO IS A DEPUTY PUBLIC DEFENDER.

HE HAS BEEN WITH THE OFFICE FOR ALMOST 25 YEARS, LITIGATING SERIOUS FELONY CASES SINCE 2004.

HE RECEIVED HIS LAW DEGREE FROM NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY IN BOSTON.

AND KAREN CHEUNG IS THE CO‑FOUNDER OF THE GRASSROOT ORGANIZATION WARD VILLAGE MOMS.

SINCE 2021, THE GROUP HAS ADVOCATED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE SAFETY, ESPECIALLY FOR PEDESTRIAN AND ROAD SAFETY IN THE KAKAAKO AREA.

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

SO EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT THIS.

I WANT TO START WITH YOU.

THAT STATISTIC WE READ RIGHT OFF THE TOP, 37 FATALITIES.

HOW ARE WE DOING WHEN IT COMES TO ROAD SAFETY THIS YEAR COMPARED TO YEARS PAST.

>> ANY TIME WE CAN TALK ABOUT FATALITIES, ANY ONE FATALITY IS TOO MANY.

AS WE ALL KNOW.

>> THIS YEAR, 37.

>> WE'RE LESS FOUR LESS THAN LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME.

BEATING LAST YEAR'S PACE.

>> ACTUALLY LOWER THAN NORMAL AVERAGE.

LAST YEAR, ENDS UP WITH 95 FATALITIES IN THE STATE.

GOOD NUMBER IS TO NORMAL 107 AVERAGE AND 116 YEAR BEFORE.

OVERALL, BETTER THAN LAST YEAR.

STILL NEED TO DO BETTER FOR THE 37 THAT PASSED.

>>Yunji: WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THAT IMPROVEMENT TO.

>> MANY OF THE DISCUSSIONS HAD IN THE PAST WITH COMMUNITIES, ARE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITIES AND PROSECUTORS.

START SEEING THE ISSUES AROUND THE STATE, IT'S SPEED.

SPEED IS WHAT KILLS IN ALL OF THE ASPECTS.

ALL OF THE CRASHES THAT OCCUR.

MAYBE DIFFERENT REASONS FOR CRASH TO OCCUR.

SOME PEOPLE MAY HAVE BEEN DRIVING DRUNK.

SOME MAYBE HAVE BEEN DISTRACTED.

BUT CRASH OR THE FATALITY OCCURRED BECAUSE OF SPEED.

DECIDED IF WE CAN REDUCE THAT SPEED, WE CAN MINIMIZE THE IMPACTS THAT OCCUR ON SYSTEM AND POTENTIALLY MINIMIZE TYPES OF CRASH THAT OCCUR BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE MORE TIME TO REACT, SAVE A LOT MORE LIVES.

>>Yunji: LEGISLATURE PASSED NUMBER OF BILLS TO TRY TO HELP FOLKS SLOW DOWN AMONG OTHER THINGS.

TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BILLS THAT WERE PASSED, WAITING GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE, THAT YOU ARE MOST EXCITED ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO IMPROVING TRAFFIC SAFETY.

>> WHAT ED IS TALKING ABOUT.

AUTOMATIC SENSORS ON SPEED, BECAUSE THAT IS CRITICAL.

PEOPLE RUNNING THE RED LIGHT.

WE ALSO, THERE ARE LAWS ON THE BOOKS ALREADY.

IT'S ENFORCEMENT, IT'S FROM THE POLICE TO THE PROSECUTOR, ALSO WORKING IN TANDEM WITH ADMINISTRATION.

SO LAW THAT IS WE PASSED PUT ON THE BOOKS HAD TO WITH DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENSE.

ALSO WHAT I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT PENALTIES ARE INCREASED.

HOPEFULLY DETER PEOPLE FROM SPEEDING.

AGAIN, IT REALLY IS ENFORCEMENT PART OF IT BECAUSE THE LAW IS THERE, THAT WE JUST INCREASING PENALTIES SO THAT IT MAKES IT EVEN MORE PEOPLE WILL THINK TWICE ABOUT SPEEDING.

AND AS HE SAID, SPEEDING NUMBER ONE.

DRIVING WITHOUT LICENSE OR DRIVING DRUNK OTHER KINDS OF DRUGS.

SPEEDING AND THEY HIT SOMETHING.

AND THAT IS THE FATALITIES THAT REALLY ARE CRITICAL THAT WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE MORE OF.

>>Yunji: I KNOW YOU WERE ACTIVE AT THE LEGISLATURE THIS SESSION TESTIFYING ON THE MEASURES THAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT.

TELL US A LITTLE BIT FOR BACKGROUND ABOUT HOW YOUR GROUP CAME TOGETHER AND MOTHERS THAT YOU REPRESENT.

>> SO REALLY CAME TOGETHER BECAUSE WE GO TO A PARK CALLED KOLOWALU PARK.

CROSSWALK BLOCKED OUT.

FRUSTRATED VERY YOUNG TEACHERS, KAKAAKO AREA HAS MOST YOUNG FAMILIES.

MILLENIAL MOTHERS HAVE CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS OLD.

GO TO THE PARK.

CROSSWALK BLACKED OUT FOR NO REASON.

FOUND OUT TALKED TO THE MOTHERS THAT EVERYONE COMPLAINED FOR SIX MONTHS.

WE STILL GOT NO RESPONSE.

SO WE DECIDED THAT JUST TO PROTEST.

IT CAPTURED MEDIA ATTENTION AND THEN WE GOT HELP TO GET IT REINSTALLED.

>> THAT'S HOW WE CAME ABOUT.

REALIZED THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS A CONCERN AND IT WAS JUST LIKE WE FELT LIKE IT WAS A TIMING BOMB.

SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN.

>>Yunji: YOU WERE ABLE TO GET THAT CROSSWALK REINSTATED.

SPEED HUMP THERE FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.

KIND OF GRASSROOTS ACTIVITY IS SO POWERFUL.

TELL US ABOUT LEGISLATION THAT YOU WERE ADVOCATING FOR THIS TERM.

>> THIS TERM, WE WERE SUPPORTING SARAH'S MOM.

BASICALLY REALLY FOCUSING ON UNLICENSED DRIVER.

WE WANTED IN THE BILL IN OUR TESTIMONY WE WANT QUICKER ENFORCEMENT.

>> MEANING THAT WHEN LICENSED DRIVER IS PULLED OVER.

WANT THE VEHICLE TO BE TOWED RIGHT AWAY AND THEY CANNOT RESUME DRIVING.

WE'VE BEEN REALLY PUSHING FOR THAT.

CLOSE THAT GAP.

BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT FOR SOMEONE TO GET CONVICTED, FROM THE DAY LET'S SAY DRIVE WITHOUT LICENSE, IT COULD BE SIX MONTHS OR 12 MONTHS.

AND THAT WAS EXACT GAP THAT KILLED SARAH.

CLOSE THAT GAP TAKING VEHICLE AWAY OR CAN'T RESUME DRIVING.

REALLY PUSHING FOR.

>>Yunji: OTHER ED, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE CONCERNS YOU MIGHT HAVE WITH LEGISLATION THAT HAS BEEN PASSED.

>> I THINK PRIMARY CONCERN IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PENALTIES ARE RAISED.

LAST TIME YOU PRACTICED IN DISTRICTS COURT DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENSE PETTY MISDEMEANOR.

THAT MEANS THAT PENALTY IS 30 DAYS OR LESS, WITH YOU GET THIRD DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENSE, BECOMES YEAR PENALTY.

WHICH THEN TRIGGERS NUMBER OF THINGS.

PRIMARILY RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL.

SO FROM MY EXPERIENCE, DO PETTY MISDEMEANOR TRIAL, IN DISTRICT COURT FOR DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENSE.

TALKING ABOUT HOUR‑AND‑A‑HALF TRIAL.

OFTENTIMES WE DO THIS WITH OUR CLIENTS GIVEN FACTS DRIVING WITHOUT LICENSES.

INCREASE PENALTY AND WHEN OUR CLIENTS OR PEOPLE CHARGED WITH DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENSE LOOK AT SIGNIFICANT PENALTIES.

NOT GOING TO TRUST JUST LITIGATING THEIR CASE IN DISTRICT COURT.

THEY WILL DEMAND JURY TRIAL.

WHEN YOU DO THAT, THE COST BECOMES EXPONENTIAL.

GO FROM 2 HOUR TRIAL OR MAYBE LESS, TO A 2 DAY TRIAL.

AND NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 15 CIVILIAN, 50 PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY BROUGHT IN TO BE PICKED 12 MEMBERS OF THE JURY.

PLUS ALTERNATE.

AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AT LEAST HALF A DAY OF JURY SELECTION AND THEN A TRIAL.

BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED PENALTY GREATER   ATTENTION TO THE TYPE OF CASE THAT IS, MORE INVESTIGATIONS THAT'S DONE.

AND MORE RESOURCES THAT ARE BEING PUSHED INTO THAT TYPE OF CASE.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT IF IT'S ASSAULT CASE OR YOUR TYPICAL CLASS C FELONY.

UNAUTHORIZED CONTROL OF DRIVING A CAR, STEALING A CAR WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENSE.

LAST TIME I CHECKED, DON'T HAVE THE STATISTIC ON THIS, BUT ANECDOTALLY SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE CALENDAR.

THAT'S A LOT INCREASING PENALTIES I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN.

I FIRST THE CONCERN WE NEED TO STOP UNLICENSED DRIVERS FROM DRIVING.

>> INCREASED PENALTIES, INCREASED CONSEQUENCE ALSO HAVE INCREASED CONCERN AND ALSO HAVE INCREASED USE OF RESOURCES.

WHICH INCLUDES JURY TRIAL.

I'M NOT GOING TO SAY RIGHT FROM JURY TRIAL.

CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT.

30 MINUTES TRIAL OR 2 MINUTE TRIAL, 2 DAY TRIAL, BRINGING RESOURCES BRINGING CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES TO LITIGATE THIS CASES.

WHERE THOSE RESOURCES COULD BE BETTER SERVED ACTUALLY LITIGATING CASES THAT I WOULDN'T SAY MUCH MORE IMPORTANT, BUT MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT.

SUCH AS VIOLENT TYPE OFFENSES PROPERTY TYPE OFFENSE IS NOT DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENSE.

>> CONCERN WE'VE HAD ONE OF THESE.

OPPOSED INCREASE OF THE PENALTIES.

WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO THE SAFETY CONCERN.

THAT I THINK EVERYONE OF US SHARE HERE.

I FOR ONE SHARE THAT.

I THINK EFFORTS BY ED AND HIS ORGANIZATION SUCH AS THE SPEED BUMPS WORK.

THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS I THINK WORK.

I WAS CONCERNED.

I'VE BEEN AWAY FROM DISTRICT COURT FOR QUIET SOME TIME.

WE LOOKED AT THE STATS ASKED MYSELF, WHAT DO THE STATS HARD FACTS SUPPORT THESE MEASURES?

LOOK AT THE STATS ACTUALLY SOLD.

I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH THAT.

THOSE ARE SOME WAYS WE CAN ENFORCE.

ONE OF THE WAYS TO ENFORCEMENT CREATE SAFETY VALVES, AT ENFORCING THIS.

PERHAPS PUTTING A POLICE OFFICER.

HAVEN'T SEEN SPEED ENFORCEMENT POLICE OFFICERS.

PERHAPS THEY DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES FOR THAT.

MAYBE THOSE RESOURCES ARE BETTER SERVED THAT WAY.

I DON'T KNOW.

I WANT TO GO BACK TO YOU.

WHY DO YOU THINK THIS IS GOOD ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES?

RAISE NUMBER OF ISSUES ABOUT HOW MUCH IS THIS GOING TO COST THE TAXPAYOR AND WHAT THIS IS GOING TO DO TO BURDEN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM.

IF YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE DRIVERS NOW GETTING TO HAVE THOSE TWO DAYS OR MORE IN COURT.

>> BECAUSE I'M A MOTHER, VERY SIMPLE.

I HAVE CHILDREN.

I CAN'T EVER IMAGINE LOSING MY CHILD.

IT'S A LIFE AND TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS PREVENTABLE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UNLICENSED DRIVER PEOPLE NOT QUALIFIED TO DRIVE.

THEY SHOULDN'T BE DRIVING THEY SHOULD BE OUT.

NO QUESTION.

IF YOU'RE AN UNLICENSED PILOT, WOULD YOU LET THAT PERSON DRIVE THE PLANE?

THAT SIMPLE I DON'T THINK THERE ARE AS A MOTHER A LOT OF THINGS ESPECIALLY COMES TO CHILDREN'S SAFETY, NOT NEGOTIABLE.

>>Yunji: SENATOR, WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS?

>> HEART GOES OUT TO ALL OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE FAMILIES THAT PEOPLE, LOST THEIR CHILD.

OR THEIR MOTHER.

PARENT.

WE LOOK AT ANYTHING TO HAVE A LAW THERE FOR THEM.

WITH THE INCREASED PENALTY, DETERRENT.

PUT PENALTIES OUT, NOT EVERYONE GO TO COURT.

HOPEFULLY DRIVE MORE SAFELY KNOWING PENALTIES ARE HIGHER.

LAW CHANGE BUT IT'S ALSO EDUCATION.

AND I KNOW ED YOU FOLKS ARE DOING A LOT MORE EDUCATION SAFETY.

BUT THIS IS THE NEW LAW FOLKS.

FOLLOW IT.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE GO TO JAIL IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN 2 OR THREE INFRACTIONS.

SOME OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE HUNDRED OR MORE.

THEY'RE NOT BEING, NOT ACTUALLY, IT'S SEEN AS MISDEMEANOR.

RAISES IT TO A FELONY.

BUT IF YOU GO TO COURT, THAT'S THE CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR ACTIONS.

I THINK THIS IS THE IDEA BEHIND OUR RAISING PENALTIES.

SO THAT IT IS A FELONY WITH THREE OR MORE OF THESE INFRACTIONS.

>>Yunji: DO YOU THINK THIS WILL BE EFFECTIVE DETERRENT FOR DRIVES WHO ARE DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENSE BECAUSE AS KAREN POINTED OUT, FOLKS ALREADY DECIDED THEY DON'T, LAW DOES NOT APPLY.

>> YEAH.

I THINK OVERALL, THERE'S GOING TO BE DISCUSSIONS ON HOW FAR IS FAR ENOUGH.

AND HOW FAR IS TOO FAR.

CAN I SEE ED AS POINT ON DISCUSSIONS OF COURT MANAGEMENT.

AND WE TRIED WITH THIS LAW TO TRY AND BALANCE OUT THOSE CONSIDERATIONS THROUGHOUT.

TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PUTTING SAFETY FIRST ALSO CONSIDERING EVERYBODY ELSE RESOURCES.

POLICE AND PROSECUTORS HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS ABOUT RESOURCE THAT WENT INTO PIECES LIKE THIS.

THEY KIND OF SETTLE ON THE DISCUSSIONS THAT IF WE CAN GET THEM ON THE FIRST OR SECOND AND STOP THEM FROM THE THIRD, THAT WOULD BE THE BIG WIN FOR EVERYBODY.

SO OVERALL, I THINK LEGISLATURE REALLY GOOD JOB OF BALANCING OUT THOSE CONCERNS AND PUSHING FORWARD ON TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAKING SURE WE TOOK CARE OF THE COURTROOM'S TIME AND RESOURCES LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS.

ENSURING EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT IS THE LAW, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING EVERYONE TO FOLLOW.

IN THE END, IF WE CANNOT TRUST PERSON TO GET THE BASIC THINGS NECESSARY TO DRIVE, LICENSING REGISTRATION, AND SAFETY CHECK, VERY DIFFICULT FOR TO US DETERMINE IF THEY'RE GOING TO FOLLOW REST OF THE LAW.

>>Yunji: TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE ADAPTATIONS YOU HAVE MADE INTERSECTION AND BEYOND.

KAPIOLANI BOULEVARD SPEED HUMPS, RED LIGHT CAMERAS.

SEE A LOT OF LIGHTS AND SPEED HUMPS.

COMMENTS, VIEWERS HAVE A LOT LOT TO SAY.

LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

TRAFFIC HUMPS, RAINING, I LOVE THE HUMPS, PUT THEM EVERYWHERE BUT TO BE HONEST, NOT MUCH LEFT TO DO, LOST ITS MIND.

LAWBREAKERS ARE RUNNING WILD.

SPEED HUMP OUTSIDE OF MY HOUSE ACROSS FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, FLY OVER THAT THING 24‑7, SOUND POLLUTION STARTING, SPEED HUMPS, HOW EFFECTIVE ARE THEY?

>> ANY TIME WE PUT IN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE SYSTEM, WE MONITOR PRIOR TO, MONITOR ADVENTURE.

DATA SHOWING 47% REDUCE SPEEDING IN THOSE AREAS.

SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN THOSE AREAS.

20 MILES PER HOUR REDUCTION IN THE MAXIMUM SPEED THAT PEOPLE GO IN THESE AREAS.

ALL OF THOSE EQUAL OUT TO LESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CRASHES.

AND LESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR INCREASED IMPACTS IN THOSE AREAS.

BIGGEST STATS WE CAN SHOW IS 20% REDUCTION IN CRASHES.

PEDESTRIAN BICYCLES OR VEHICLES IN THOSE AREAS.

AND 0 FATALITIES IN AREA WE PUT IN THOSE SPEED HUMPS.

I APOLOGIZE FOR ANY NOISE THAT PEOPLE MAY BE HEARING BECAUSE OF THEM.

I'M NOT GOING TO APOLOGIZE FOR PUTTING THEM IN.

ZERO FATALITIES SPEAK TO ITSELF.

KNOCK ON EVERYTHING TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN THOSE AREAS, NUMBERS ARE SPEAKING FOR THEMSELVES.

>>Yunji: HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE AND HOW MANY OR PLANNING?

>> 200.

STATE AND COUNTY SYSTEM OVERALL.

IN ALL OF OUR NETWORKS.

WE STARTED TARGETING AREAS THAT WE KNEW KEIKI AND KUPUNA WOULD BE.

STARTED IN SCHOOL ZONES PRIMARILY.

WE STARTED SPREADING THEM OUT TO AREAS IN DRIVERS FOR PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE ACTIVITY, PARKS AND BEACHES.

ON THE STATE SYSTEM, ANYWHERE WE HAVE A SCHOOL CROSSING, GOING TO BE A RAISED CROSSWALK IF NOT A SIGNAL THERE.

CROSSWALK CITY SYSTEM, THEY WANT TO PUT IN SPEED HUMPS CAN DO IT QUICKLY, WE'LL DO IT FOR THEM.

>>Yunji: CROSSWALK SORT OF MOTIVATED YOU TO GET STARTED IN THE FIRST PLACE, NOW HAS A SPEED HUMP AS PART OF THE CROSSWALK.

WHAT KIND OF DIFFERENT HAS THAT MADE?

>> HUGE DIFFERENCE.

>> CAR WILL SLOW DOWN.

ACTUALLY, MORE VISIBLE FOR PEDESTRIAN TO CROSS.

WE CAN ALWAYS MEASURE WHEN YOU LOSE A LIFE.

CANNOT MEASURE CLEARLY WHEN THE LIFE IS SAVED.

SO THAT IS WHY PEOPLE SAY, IT'S USELESS, IT'S JUST CREATING NOISE AS A HUMP.

REALLY, LIKE INCONVENIENT OF THAT TWO SECONDS GO A HUMP IT'S SOMEONE'S LIFE.

AND JUST BECAUSE WE CAN'T QUANTIFY THAT LIFE IS SAVED, IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT WORKING AND IT'S NOT WORTH IT.

ALSO, COMES TO A POINT THAT WHAT WHERE WE TALK ABOUT SPEED HUMPS AND RED LIGHTS.

I THINK ED NEEDS TO LOOK DOWN THE ROAD.

HOW DO WE HAVE QUICKER SOLUTIONS FOR PROBLEMATIC AREAS AND HOW DO WE DO GOOD LONGTERM PLANNING IN ROAD DESIGN FOR BOTH PEDESTRIAN AND DRIVER.

NOT ONE AGAINST THE OTHER.

I'M A PEDESTRIAN.

AND I'M ALSO A DRIVER.

SO I WANT VISIBILITY TO KNOW, HEY, WHEN SHOULD I SLOW DOWN?

WHEN SHOULD I LOOK CLEARER?

BECAUSE A CHILDREN MIGHT BE CROSSING.

SOMETIMES I CAN'T.

AND DANG I ALMOST HIT SOMEONE.

I DON'T WANT TO BE THAT PERSON.

NO ONE WANTS TO.

SO I THINK I WANT TO GIVE YOU QUESTION.

HOW CAN DTO BE FASTER?

HOW CAN YOU DO THE SAFETY REPORT FASTER AND PUT IN HUMP RED LIGHT, CROSSWALK SIGN, OR CHANGE ADD‑ON A GREEN TURN ARROW.

HOW DO YOU DO THAT FASTER?

>> FOR SPEED HUMPS 3 WEEKS.

MAXIMUM.

3 WEEKS.

IN THOSE AREAS IF WE SEE PROBLEMS IN 3 WEEKS, GO IN.

IN AREAS THAT WE SEE PROBLEMS BEFORE WE PUT IN THE SPEED HUMP GATEWAY CONCEPTS.

DELINEATORS AND LIKE WITHIN 2 DAYS.

SO EXTREMELY EXPEDITED ALL OF OUR WORK.

DO WORK FOR THE CITY NOW.

IF THEY NEED IT.

IF THINGS NEED TO BE DONE QUICKLY WE CAN JUST GET THEM DONE.

>>Yunji: THERE IS A QUESTION OF JURISDICTION.

BECAUSE YOU SAID SOMETIMES DOING IT FOR THE CITY, IN THE AREA THAT KAREN GOT STARTED IN.

ALSO HCDA PART OF THAT EQUATION.

ALSO QUESTION OF WHO GETS TO DECIDE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

SO IT'S ALWAYS OWNER OF THE JURISDICTION.

NEVER STEP IN THE CITY AREA TELL THEM WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

ALWAYS WORK WITH THEM WHEN THEY DO THEIR ANALYSIS, CONSIDERATIONS FINDS WARNED TO PUT THOSE IN, BUT THEY KNOW THEIR PROCESS DON'T ALLOW THEM MOVE AS FAST AS WE DO.

ASK FOR OUR ASSISTANCE AND WE'LL GET IT DONE.

>> MENTIONED ONE THING.

I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD THIS IN THE PAST.

WE'VE GOT STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, SERVICES, AND HCDA IN THAT KAKAAKO AREA.

BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION STATE WORKING SO CLOSELY WITH THE CITY.

SO ONE OF THE BILLS WE DID PASS IS TO HAVE THE COUNTIES AND STATE WORK REALLY CLOSELY TOGETHER TO LOOK AT CRITICAL AREAS WHERE THEY CAN LOOK AT PLANNING WHAT SHOULD BE IN THOSE AREAS.

I MUST SAY I COMMEND CITY AND THE STATE TRANSPORTATION ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK REALLY CLOSELY TOGETHER, NEVER HAD THAT BEFORE, AND AS ED SAID, LOTS OF MONEY.

SO HE CAN GO IN AND HE CAN WHAT THE CITY WILL TAKE MONTHS DO.

>> HE CAN DO IN A WEEK OR TWO.

>> JUMP INTO SOMETHING.

ONE THE CONCERNS AT THAT DISCUSSION BEFORE THIS, SHOW WAS, A LOT OF THE FATALITIES THAT ANECDOTALLY SEEN KUPUNA CROSSING THE STREET AND DRIVES MAKING LEFT TURN.

AND SO ONE PROBLEM THAT IDENTIFIED IS GULICK KING STREET AND GULICK NORTH SCHOOL STREET AREA.

WHERE WE PASS THOSE ROADS QUITE A LOT.

ON THE WAY TO WORK.

AND WEB SEEN MORE KUPUNA GETTING HIT.

DEMAND THAT AT LEAST PUT UP A MAYBE A LEFT TURN SIGNAL.

LEFT TURN GREEN LIGHT.

AND ALL WE GOT WAS YIELD TO PEDESTRIANS SIGN.

DESPITE THE FACT THERE HAS BEEN FATALITIES IN THOSE INTERSECTIONS.

WHAT CAN D.O.T.

DO FOR THOSE SITUATIONS?

I DON'T THINK ENFORCING MORE DRIVING WITHOUT LICENSE, SOME OF THESE DRIVERS ARE LICENSES DRIVERS.

WOULD ARE INVOLVED IN THESE ACCIDENTS.

HOW DO WE ADDRESS THAT?

>> IF THIS WAS STATE JURISDICTION, WHEN WE GET A CONCERN ABOUT FATALITIES, THAT ARE OCCURRING ESPECIALLY CONSISTENTLY OCCURRING WITH THE SAME TYPES OF MOVEMENTS, ACTION BASED I MEAN.

YOU SAW IT ON ALA MOANA BOULEVARD.

CONCERNS ABOUT RIGHT TURN KAMAKEE THAT WAS DEADLY.

SHUT DOWN THE WHOLE RIGHT TURN.

SHUTDOWN TO MAKE SURE WE ELIMINATED THAT POTENTIAL IN THAT AREA.

AREA THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CITY JURISDICTION.

I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT ISSUE TO BE ABLE TO CONTEMPLATE A SOLUTION THERE.

THAT'S WHAT WE DO ON OUR SIDE.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IN, VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE NOW YOU SEE AS A CIVILIAN, I CAN'T DISTINGUISH WHICH PART IS CITY OR THE STATE.

I JUST WANT TO REPORT AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO WITH THE PARK.

THAT THERE IS A DANGEROUS CROSSWALK THAT HAS BEEN BLOCKED OUT.

I COULDN'T DISTINGUISH.

PROBLEM WAS THAT ONCE WE FEED TO THE SYSTEM WE WERE BEING PING‑PONGED BACK AND FORTH FOR SIX MONTHS.

>>Yunji: RIGHT.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?

I THINK THAT TWO OF THEM ARE COMING MORE CITIZENS THAN ADVOCATES IN THIS POINT.

TO THE FOLKS WATCHING AT HOME, KNOW THEY HAVE SOMETHING PROBLEMATIC IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND GETTING KAREN DESCRIBES WHAT SOUNDS LIKE KIND OF A RUN AROUND OR JUST GETTING SOME SIGNAGE THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE MAKING MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE DO YOU CONTACT CITY COUNCIL PERSON?

WHERE DO YOU START.

>> ANYBODY COMES TO THE D.O.T., WITH A CONCERN, THEY DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THE STATE SYSTEM OR COUNTY SYSTEM.

WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.

COUNTY SYSTEM, WORK WITH THEM MAKE SURE IT GETS RESOLVED.

THOSE THAT ARE CONCERNED.

>> WHAT IS YOUR DIRECT LINES?

>>Yunji: CALLS AFTER TONIGHT.

>> THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

WORKING A LOT CLOSE WHERE THE CITY TO MAKE SURE AT THE GET OVER CONCERNS OVER US IF IT'S US AS WELL.

I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT ANYBODY WITH CONCERNS IN THE AREA, GO TO AREA LEGISLATORS.

I THINK SHARON AND SCOTT DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF GETTING ON TOP OF THINGS.

WHETHER IT'S CITY OR STATE JURISDICTION, MAKE SURE TO START PUSHING TOWARDS SOLUTION IN THOSE AREAS.

ANY TIME THEY GET CONCERNS, THEY GIVE ME A CALL TO LET ME KNOW WHAT CONCERNS ARE COMING UP.

AND SEE WHAT KIND OF SOLUTIONS COME UP WITH RIGHT AWAY.

>>Yunji: GET TO SOME OF THESE RED LIGHT CAMERAS.

>> WHAT DO YOU TAKE SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS BECAUSE THERE'S THE LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT ENFORCEMENT AND POSSIBLE PENALTIES.

LOVE FOR TO YOU TAKE THAT.

DOTTIE IN NUUANU, REGISTERED OWNERS OF VEHICLES ONES GETTING TICKETS UNDER THE RED LIGHT CAMERA PLAN WHETHER DRIVING OR NOT.

WHAT PROTECTIONS ARE IN PLACE FOR THEM?

VIRTUALLY EVERY COUNTY IN THE U.S. USED RED LIGHT HAVE ISSUES.

COST MONEY.

>> NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE CLAIM THEY MAKE STREETS SAFER.

WASTE OF TIME, TAXPAYOR MONEY.

IN KAPOLEI, I HAVE A LOVE/HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS.

I RAN A RED LIGHT.

GAVE ME A TICKET.

DON'T GIVE ME A TICKET BECAUSE I HAD MOVE OUT OF THE WAY BECAUSE EMERGENCY VEHICLE WAS NEEDING TO TRY TO GET THROUGH AND NO ONE ELSE MOVE.

WHAT KIND OF DEFENSE DO WE HAVE IF PHOTOGRAPH OF ME IN INTERSECTION, LIKE DRIVER SAYING, IS THERE A MEANINGFUL DEFENSE?

>> I DON'T KNOW ANYONE REMEMBERS VAN CAMS.

>>Yunji: THERE ARE SOME VAN CAMS QUESTIONS.

>> MAIN DEFENSE IDENTIFICATION.

AND YOU HAVE THE RIGHT IF YOU ARE TRY, CHARGED WITH A CRIME, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT RUNNING RED LIGHT IS A CRIME, VIOLATION.

DO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CONFRONT YOUR ACCUSER.

AND THE QUESTION IS WHO WAS THAT ACCUSER?

CAMERA OR THE PERSON OPERATING CAMERA?

THEN OF COURSE GOING TO BE CHALLENGES WHETHER OR NOT CAMERA PROPER WORKING ORDER, REGULARLY MAINTAINED.

CHALLENGE THAT IS ARE GOING TO COME INTO PLAY.

I IDENTIFICATION IS GOING TO BE BIG.

IS PHOTOGRAPH OF VEHICLE SUFFICIENT.

I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

THEY WILL HAVE TO IDENTIFY THE DRIVER.

I DON'T KNOW, I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE.

I OBVIOUSLY HAVE NEVER BEEN CAUGHT WITH RED LIGHT CAMERA YET.

HOPEFULLY NOT.

>>Yunji: TELL YOU BILL THAT WE PASSED.

GIVES YOU STRICT LIABILITY.

IF THAT IS VEHICLE, VEHICLE IS REGISTERED.

>> THERE ARE NONE LIES PROBLEM.

I UNDERSTAND CALLER'S CONCERN.

LET'S SAY SOMEONE BORROWS YOUR CAR, DO GET HIT WITH A RED LIGHT.

I'VE SEEN THAT.

LIKELIKE, NORTH SCHOOL STREET INTERSECTION.

UNCLE FROM KANEOHE GOT ONE OF THOSE TICKETS.

FIRST QUESTION WAS, WHAT DO I DO, AND IT WAS HIS CAR.

IT WAS HIS LICENSE AND THE FIRST QUESTION I HAD FOR HIM, HE HAD TO CONFESS, WERE YOU DRIVING UNCLE?

YES.

PAY THE TICKET.

YOU WILL HAVE SITUATION PEOPLE LEND THEIR CAR AND QUESTION IS, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT?

ARE WE GOING TO PENALIZE PEOPLE, TAXPAYORS MAINTAINING VEHICLES, LENT IT TO SOMEONE, GETTING CHARGED WITH AT LEAST $250 FINE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

62.

>> IF YOU ADD THE FEES, SAY A FINE, LET'S SAY YOU HAVE A $25 FINE.

IT'S NOT JUST THE FINE.

WE HAVE FEES THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THAT.

TWENTY‑FIVE DOLLAR FINE BECOMES CLOSE TO $100.

IN THIS STATE OF ECONOMY, THAT IS A CONCERN FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.

FIRST DEFENSE WOULD BE IDENTIFICATION OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE SAYING STRICT LIABILITY.

ACCUSING THE OWNER OF THE CAR TO BE THE PERSON DRIVING.

RUNNING RED LIGHT.

>> BE RESPONSIBLE.

>>Yunji: DO YOU SHARE THOSE CONCERNS?

>> I DO, BUT AGAIN, IT'S RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DRIVER, OWNER, SO THAT'S WHY WE SAID, OKAY, IF THERE'S A WAY THAT CAMERAS CAN BE USED AND SO THERE IS NO FUNDING ABOUT MY GOING THROUGH A RED LIGHT, I THINK THAT WAY, AGAIN, IT'S A DETERRENT, BE CAREFUL.

WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING, IT'S REALLY, LOANING YOUR CAR, BE CAREFUL OF WOULD YOU LOAN IT TO.

ONCE AGAIN, IT'S MAKING PEOPLE MUCH MORE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN ACTION.

I DISAGREE.

I ACTUALLY DISAGREE WITH THAT.

REASON WHY I DISAGREE, NOT MAKING PEOPLE MORE RESPONSIBLE CREATING FEAR FOR PEOPLE.

IF YOU REALLY WANT TO ADDRESS, SHARE CONCERNS.

I HAVE TWO SONS MYSELF AND I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR SAFETY ESPECIALLY CROSSING STREET.

NINE AND SEVEN.

I DO HAVE THOSE CONCERNS AS WELL.

IF THE CONCERN IS SAFETY, WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW TO BETTER ENFORCE SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

I THINK BASED WHAT I HEARD THIS EVENING, I LIKE ED'S IDEAS SMALL PRICE TO PAY HEAR BUMPS.

SMALL PRICE TO PAY TO MAKE SURE YOU SLOW DOWN AT RED LIGHT THINGS WE CAN ENFORCEMENT START TALKING ABOUT PENALTIES AND START TALKING RAISING PENALTIES, WHOLESALE HAS THE CAR, STRICTLY LIBEL FOR THAT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE.

>> ISSUES WITH THAT.

WHERE ARE WE GOING TO STOP?

ONE OF THE CONCERNS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I INCREASE PENALTIES.

ANALOGOUS TO WHAT HAPPENED EARLY 20,000.

>> METHAMPHETAMINE BIG DEAL.

>> PENALTY WAS IF YOU WERE CHARGED SIMPLE POSSESSION METHAMPHETAMINE LOOK MANDATORY ONE YEAR 8 MONTHS.

>> EVERYBODY WENT TO TRIAL, CUT MY TEETH TRIAL ATTORNEY DOING THOSE KIND OF CASE.

NOBODY WANT THE TO SAY PLEAD GUILTY, PENALTIES FIVE YEARS OF THEIR LIVES.

PUSHED FOR ACT 61 AND ACT 44.

WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT?

NUMBER OF TRIALS WENT DOWN.

WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES DEALING WITH IN THE FIRST PLACE WHICH WAS DRUG REHABILITATION.

DRUG TREATMENT.

OPPOSITION OF THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE.

OPPOSED ACT 161.

WHAT DO WE SEE IN THE LONG RUN?

ACTUALLY ADDRESSING THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM DRUG ADDICTION.

SIMILAR TO THIS.

I DON'T THINK INCREASING PENALTY IS GOING TO HELP.

WHAT I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT IS WHAT ARE THE BETTER SOLUTIONS AT MAKING SURE WE DO HAVE THOSE SAFETY MEASURES?

LIKE ADDRESSING TRAFFIC ISSUES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

MAKING HAVING GREEN ARROW WHEN SOMEBODY MAKE A LEFT TURN.

PUTTING SPEED BUMPS.

PERHAPS CREATING BETTER LOCATION FOR CROSSWALKS.

IN SCHOOLS ZONES PERHAPS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STATS ARE.

BUT I'M SURE THERE ARE OTHER MEASURES THAT WE CAN PUT IN PLACE TO ADDRESS THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM.

>>Yunji: I HAVE A QUESTION.

>> I KNOW THAT PUBLIC DEFENDER IS GOING TO DEFEND SOMEBODY.

>> CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT.

WHEN YOU FIND PEOPLE ON THEIR ACTIONS, THAT HAVE CONSEQUENCES FOR OTHER PEOPLE, WHAT KINDS OF SOLUTIONS DO YOU SEE OTHER THAN PUTTING SPEED HUMPS, ALL KIND OF SYSTEM CHANGES, BUT WITH THE PERSON NOT FOLLOWING THE LAW, START WITH DEMOGRAPHICS.

WHAT DO YOU SEE AS A WAY FOR ME TO BE MORE RESPONSIBLE WHEN I GO BEHIND THE WHEEL OR I LOAN MY CAR TO SOMEBODY BEHIND THE WHEEL.

THAT DO YOU SEE AS POSSIBLE SOLUTION IF NOT SAY PENALTY, HAVE TO SHOW YOU YOU HAVE A CONSEQUENCE WHAT YOU DO.

START WITH DEMOGRAPHICS.

PEOPLE DRIVING WITHOUT LICENSE.

HOW MANY PEOPLE, I MEAN, IN THE SITUATION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, PREVIOUSLY, WHERE THE DRIVER HAD 12.

>> 160 CITATION.

HOW MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE ACTUALLY ARE IN THE SYSTEMS?

I WOULD HAZARD GUESS THAT NOT TOO MANY.

WE DO HAVE WHAT WE CALL FREQUENT FLIERS.

PEOPLE CONSTANTLY COME IN.

BUT THAT'S NOT MAJORITY OF THOSE CHARGED DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENSE.

MANY OF THEM ARE FIRST TIME OFFENDERS.

OFTEN TEAMS DRIVING WOULD THE LICENSE CHARGE, WHAT HAPPENS GET STOPPED FOR BROKEN TAILLIGHT.

EQUIPMENT VIOLATION.

OR EVEN IT'S NOT ALWAYS SPEEDING.

>> IT'S ALWAYS FAILING TO TURN SIGNAL.

PEOPLE ARE STOPPED FOR THOSE REASONS.

NOT JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE SPEEDING.

SO QUESTION IS WHAT DO WE DO?

ARE WE, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT WITH WHAT WE ARE DOING BEFORE WE START INCREASING PENALTIES HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW DO WE BETTER ENFORCE IT?

ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WHAT SOLUTIONS CAN WE OFFER, FIRST OF ALL, TAKE A LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENSE.

ECONOMIC ISSUE HERE.

MANY OF THEM LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF PEOPLE DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENSE, ARE LOW END OF THAT ECONOMIC SCALE.

WE ARE YIELDING THIS PROBLEM FROM MIDDLE CLASS PERSPECTIVE.

I'M SURE I DON'T KNOW IF I'M MAKING ANY SENSE.

LOOK AT THE MIDDLE TO UPPER CLASS PERSPECTIVE.

LOOK AT DEMOGRAPHICS, ADDRESS IT.

>> START WITH EDUCATION.

I UNDERSTAND.

TOTAL SOLUTION WILL BE BETTER EDUCATION BUT BETTER ENFORCEMENT, ROAD ENGINEERING.

MEANTIME, FROM TODAY, WHAT IS THE BEST MIDDLE GROUND?

BECAUSE EDUCATION AWARENESS TO PARTICULAR DEMOGRAPHIC DOESN'T MATTER, MIDDLE OR LOWER CLASS, NOT GOING TO HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

START TODAY BUT TOMORROW, STILL GOING TO BE HAVE UNLICENSED DRIVER OUT THERE.

FROM A CIVILIAN PERSPECTIVE, HAVING SPEED HUMPS, RED LIGHTS, INTERIM SOLUTION WE CAN BE BEFORE WE PUT ALL OF THE DESIGN, ROADS, NOT POSSIBLE WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

>>Yunji: BRING IN ED BRIEFLY.

HOW MANY RED LIGHT CAMERAS DO WE HAVE RIGHT NOW?

HOW MANY ARE SLATED TO COME ONLINE.

HOW EFFECTIVE ARE THEY?

GAVE YOU STATISTICS, SPEED HUMPS, SIMILAR STATISTICS.

>> TEN OF THEM.

PILOT APPROVED.

TEN LOCATIONS, HONOLULU DISTRICT.

>> STAY IN ONE COURT DISTRICT.

WE ISSUED 27,000 RED LIGHT CITATIONS BEGINNING TO NOW.

ABOUT YEAR‑AND‑A‑HALF NOW.

THE GOOD THING THAT WE SEE IS THERE'S A 45% REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF CITATIONS THAT ARE BEING ISSUED.

SINCE TIME WE STARTED.

THAT IS REDUCTION IS A LOT HIGHER WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE BASELINE WE WENT THROUGH.

60% REDUCTION SINCE THE BASELINE STUDY THAT JUSTIFIED TEN LOCATION.

SO WORKING RIGHT NOW.

OF THE 27,000, 900 WERE THROWN OUT FOR THE FOUR REASONS THAT ARE ALLOWED IN OUR BILL.

SOME OF THEM WERE IF YOU'RE PULLING OVER AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE, IF FUNERAL POSSESSION, DIRECTED BY POLICE OFFICER, SO ALL OF THOSE ARE REASONS THAT YOU CAN LET THE COURT KNOW AND THEY CAN THROW YOUR CASE OUT.

OVERALL, WHEN WE SEE THE REDUCTIONS THAT WE HAD THROUGHOUT, IT'S WORKING.

I MEAN, THERE'S INFORMATION OR DATA SHOW THAT THE CULTURE OF DRIVING THROUGH INTERSECTIONS ARE WORK.

CHANGES THAT WE'RE SEEING.

GREAT THING NOW, IS WE NEVER TRIED TO BALANCE OFF THE COST OF THE PROGRAM WITH THE CITATION.

I WOULD MUCH RATHER ISSUE ZERO.

WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GO FOR.

I KNOW CALLERS ARE SAYING A LOT OF CITIES DUMP THIS, COULDN'T MAKE IT WORK.

WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BALANCE OUT COST HERE, TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY ZERO RED LIGHT RUNNING.

FUNDED TO MAKE SURE WE GET THOSE AT THOSE LOCATIONS, FINE WITH THAT.

>>Yunji: TEN SO FAR.

HOW MANY IN THE PIPELINE?

>> DON'T HAVE ANY PLANNED YET.

END OF THIS YEAR FOR THE PILOT TO BE DONE.

REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD ON ANY OTHER LOCATIONS.

WE'LL SAY BUNCH OF LEGISLATORS AND BUNCH OF COMMUNITIES ASKING FOR RED LIGHTS IN THEIR AREAS.

>> DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS, PEOPLE FLYING THROUGH IT TRYING TO WEIGH OUT DATA NOW TO SEE WHICH LOCATIONS TARGET UP FIRST.

EVERYBODY SHOULD UNDERSTAND, THIS IS NOT LIKE VAN CAMS.

NOT GOING TO POP UP OVERNIGHT.

MOVE IT TO DIFFERENT LOCATION THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

IT'S GOING TO BE AT THAT INTERSECTION.

BEFORE WE START RUNNING ANY CITATIONS IN THOSE AREA, LET EVERYONE KNOW, TELL YOU PUT UP SIGNS TO SAY SO, THERE IS GOING TO BE A 60‑DAY EDUCATION PERIOD FOR TO YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE THERE.

ANOTHER 30 DAYS WHEREINING BEFORE WE START CITATIONS, START CITATIONS FROM THERE.

GIVE AMPLE ADVANCED NOTICE TO EVERYBODY TO ENSURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THIS AREA.

>>Yunji: STICK WITH YOU.

RAYMOND HAS A QUESTION.

STATE HAS PUSHBACK TRYING TO IMPLEMENT ROUNDABOUTS, PROVEN TO BE SAFER THAN TRAFFIC LIGHTS.

WHY DON'T WE GO BEYOND SPEED HUMPS, GET MORE ROUNDABOUTS.

>> GET PHONE CALLS COME INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> WE ARE PUSHING A LOT MORE ROUNDABOUTS.

KAHEKILI AND CAME IN ON KAUAI.

PUSHING THEM THROUGHOUT THE STATE BUT RIGHT SPOTS.

ROUNDABOUT WORK BEST, BALANCE OF TRAFFIC BOTH DIRECTIONS.

OF COURSE, ENOUGH SPACE FOR IT TO BE LEVEL.

DIFFICULTY, ROUNDABOUTS NEED MORE SPACE THAN NORMAL INTERSECTION.

COSTS A LOT MORE.

LONG RUN, COST REDUCED DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT POWER OR CHANGING EQUIPMENT AND THE LIKE, BUT UP FRONT BIG INVESTMENT.

WE'RE WILLING TO PUT IN PROVIDED WHICH HAVE THE SPACE AND RIGHT CONDITIONS FOR THEM.

>>Yunji: INTERESTED, YOU'VE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS IN KAKAAKO RIGHT AT THAT PARK.

>> YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF ADVOCATING IN THIS LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

>> WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT AS A GROUP OF MOTHERS, WHAT AREAS NEED THE MOST HELP.

HOW ARE YOU DOING THAT COLLECTIVE AND HAVE YOU FOUND GOVERNMENT TO BE RESPONSIVE?

>> HOW DO WE IDENTIFY THE AREA.

I THINK JUST BY WALKING WITH OUR STROLLERS.

TO BE HONEST.

WE JUST EXPERIENCE OURSELVES WHEN WE WALK TO ONE LOCATION, THAT WE CANNOT BE SEEN BY VEHICLE WHEN THEY MAKE A RIGHT TURN.

CLOSE HIT, HOW WE IDENTIFY.

HAS THE GOVERNMENT BEEN RESPONSIVE?

BIT TRICKY QUESTION.

IN THE WHOLE SCHEME OF THINGS, THEY ARE RESPONSIVE.

CIVILIAN, COMMUNITY THAT WANT EFFECTIVE CHANGE, I DON'T THINK IT'S RESPONSIVE ENOUGH.

I BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT GOVERNMENT HAS ENOUGH RESOURCES AND EXPERIENCE TO ACTUALLY PUT OUT A PROACTIVE SOLUTION.

>> AHEAD OF CIVILIANS OR COMMUNITIES COMPLAINTS, FEEL LIKE THEY CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS MORE FASTER AND BETTER IN A LOT OF WAYS.

I GUESS IN BALANCE, REALITY, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S PROCEDURES, PROTOCOLS, THIS IS THE BEST THAT WE HAVE.

AND I BELIEVE THAT FOR ALL THE COMMUNITIES THAT NOT, LET'S SAY MIDDLE CLASS, WE ARE THE PEOPLE, WE HAVE THE POWER.

YOU NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND YOU NEED TO MAKE YOURSELF HEARD.

YOU NEED TO COME TOGETHER, ONLY REASON THAT WE WERE HEARD, BECAUSE WE CAME TOGETHER, 300 MOTHERS STRONG.

SO YOU NEED TO DO IT FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.

NO ONE IS GOING TO DO IT FOR YOU.

SO I REALLY BELIEVE IN THAT.

LET IT BE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, OR ANYTHING THAT YOU BELIEVE IN, YOU NEED TO COME TOGETHER AS A WHOLE.

>>Yunji: AND SENATOR, ONE OF THINGS YOU REFERENCE IS MEASURE TO TRY TO GET THE COUNTIES AND STATE TO WORK MORE CLOSELY.

CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT AND IF YOU THINK IT WILL LEAD TO KIND OF CHANGE SHE'S TALKING ABOUT?

>> I THINK SO.

TRYING TO BE MORE PROACTIVE WITH THE BILLS THERE TO SEE WHETHER THE CRITICAL AREAS REALLY HAVE PROBLEMS AND TO HAVE THE COUNTY AND THE STATE WORKING TOGETHER AND COMING UP WITH SOLUTIONS AND PLANNING AHEAD.

AND KAREN SAYING A LITTLE BIT, MORE PROACTIVE AFTER ACCIDENT OR TRAGEDY HAVING HAPPENED.

SO HOPING THAT THIS WILL AT LEAST ENCOURAGE COUNTIES TO WORK WITH STATE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THOSE ARE REALLY WHERE THE RUBBER HITS THE ROAD SO TO SPEAK.

REALLY SEE SOME IMPROVEMENTS.

IN TERMS OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE AND PLANNING AHEAD, BECAUSE EVERYTHING COSTS, HOW DO WE GET THEM TO WORK TOGETHER TO FIND THOSE SOLUTIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY.

>>Yunji: I WANTED TO SEE IF YOU COULD TAKE THAT ONE FROM HENRY, I THINK THIS SHOULD BE CRACK DOWN CARS, LAPSE THE SAFETY AND REGISTRATION.

>> THAT WOULD REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF CARS ON THE ROAD.

FOLKS MORE THAN TWO UNPAID FINES CONSIDER REVOKING LICENSES.

INCREASED PENALTIES FOR DUI.

INTERESTING TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHT ON HENRY'S COMMENT.

>> PREVENTION BEGINS BEFORE, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO RESPOND TO, NEED TO LOOK AT PEOPLE WHO ARE UNLICENSED.

WHY CAN THEY NOT GET LICENSED.

LET'S JUST ASSUME SOMEBODY IS LICENSED.

>> RESPECTFUL COMES TO THE LAW, FOLLOWING THE LAW.

A LOT OF, IT IS HOW DO I PUT IT?

BLACK HOLE.

FIRST DRIVING WOULD THE LICENSE AND YOU RECEIVE A FINE.

AND BECAUSE OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS, ECONOMICS, BACKGROUND, FINES, CAN'T GET A LICENSE.

NEED TO DRIVE, INCREASED PENALTY, BE GIVEN THOSE FINES AGAIN.

INCREASES AND INCREASES TO THE POINT BECOMES DIFFICULT FOR YOU.

I KNOW THAT THE COURT HAD COMMUNITIES IN THE COURT, FOR EXAMPLE, COMMUNITIES WHERE ACTUALLY GOTTEN WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS CANNOT GET A LICENSE.

TRY AND REMOVE THE LICENSE STOPPER TO DO COMMUNITY SERVICE WORK SO THEY CAN GET THEIR LICENSE.

THEY CAN THEN BE YOUR LICENSED DRIVER WHO ARE DRIVING IN THE COMMUNITY.

THAT'S ONE SOLUTION THAT WE CAN HAVE.

PERHAPS PUT IN MORE MONEY INTO TYPE OF SOLUTION WOULD BETTER SERVE THE COMMUNITY ALLOWING PEOPLE WHO CANNOT GET LICENSE BECAUSE OF LICENSE BLOCKERS, FINANCIAL ISSUES, HAVE THEM WORK IT OUT AND HAVE THEM FIGURE OUT A WAY TO TAKE CARE OF THAT SO THEY CAN GET LICENSED.

THAT'S ONE WAY TO FIX THAT.

NOW, DUI, INTERESTING THING IS WHEN I LOOKED AT STATISTICS, HIGHER FATALITY DUI THAN SPEEDING NATIONALLY SPEAKING, IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME, WE ARE ACTUALLY BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE WITH PEDESTRIANS FATALITIES.

HIGHER FATALITY COMES TO DRUNK DRIVING.

>> HAWAII HAS INCREASED PENALTIES OVER THE YEARS WITH THAT.

AND FOR EXAMPLE, INTERLOCK NOW.

THAT'S NOW REQUIRED.

FIRST STARTED PRACTICING LAW, MANY MOONS, 30‑DAY SUSPENSION.

>> INTERLOCK, YOU HAVE TO BLOW INTO SOMETHING IN ORDER SEE WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE ABLE TO DRIVE.

THAT'S SOME OF THE, I WOULD CONSIDER SOME OF THE MIDDLE GROUND SOLUTIONS THAT WE CAN DO.

EVEN HAVING CONDITIONAL LICENSE.

DRIVERS EDUCATION, LET'S SAY SOMEBODY DOES NOT HAVE A LICENSE.

CREATE A SYSTEM PERHAPS PROBATION SYSTEM WHERE THEY CAN DO DRIVER EDUCATION.

REQUIRE THAT OF THEM.

AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, HAVE MONITOR TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN COMPLY.

SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT I CAN THINK OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

SOMETHING THAT IS FEASIBLE FOR THE SYSTEM.

THOSE ARE SOLUTIONS THAT I CAN THINK OF.

>>Yunji: I MEAN, WHAT ED IS LAYING OUT HERE BECOMES CLASS ISSUE.

THOUGHTS ON ARGUMENTS HE'S LAYING OUT VERSUS ONE THAT HENRY HAS PUT OUT HERE, THAT WE REALLY NEED TO CRACK DOWN.

>> WENT OUT A POLICE OFFICER ONE NIGHT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE DRIVING WITHOUT LICENSE.

>> DID THE WET LAP TO SEE THAT HOW FAST WILL I GET INTOXICATE CAN'T DRIVE.

WHAT I SPOKE WITH THE POLICE OFFICER, ACTUALLY QUITE A SERIOUS ISSUE HERE ON ISLAND.

PROBABLY LIKE EVERY TIME PEOPLE PULL OVER, 8 AT NIGHT.

8 HOUR SHIFT.

I UNDERSTAND EDUCATION AND ALL OF THAT.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

BUT I STILL BELIEVE THAT IT WILL BE DIFFERENT PERCEPTION OF THIS, WHEN YOU HAVE LOST SOMEONE, WITH IT'S ON YOU.

AND I BELIEVE THAT IS LONGTERM PREVENTION.

AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALL OF THAT, I WANT IMMEDIATE SOLUTIONS.

I DON'T WANT TO GET MYSELF HIT TOMORROW.

SO WHAT IS THE BEST WAY?

YEAH, IT COULD BE FEAR, FEAR DETERS PEOPLE FROM DOING A LOT OF THINGS.

RED LIGHT CAMERA, OKAY, I SHOULD SLOW DOWN BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO PAY THE FINE.

AND FACT THAT, OKAY, WHAT IF PEOPLE WHO BORROW YOUR CAR, OWNER SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY.

I SHOULD THINK TWICE WHO I LEND MY CAR TO.

>> AND IF SOMEONE TAKES THE CAR OUT AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH SARAH, IT WAS A PARENT'S CAR.

AT LEAST I WOULD KNOW THAT I NEED TO STOP LENDING A PERSON'S CAR.

TRACES BACK TO RESPONSIBILITIES.

LINKAGE TO REGISTERED DRIVER.

>> I THINK RESOURCES, MONEY, ALL OF THAT, BUT ARE WE REALLY GOING TO PUT A NUMBER ON A HUMAN LIFE?

ARE YOU VIEWERS GOING TO PUT A NUMBER ON YOUR DAUGHTER'S OR SON'S LIFE?

>>Yunji: GOES BACK TO WHOLE PRINCIPLE OF DRIVING BEING A PRIVILEGE NOT A RIGHT.

SO I THINK THERE'S SOME OF THAT.

PLAY TOO.

GRADUATION SEASON.

GOT ABOUT TEN MINUTES LEFT.

WANT TO GET TO MORE OF THESE QUESTIONS.

GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT INTOXICATED DRIVING, A LOT OF GRADUATIONS.

>> SIGNS UP ON THE HIGHWAYS MAKING SURE EVERYBODY... >>Yunji: ALCOHOL, YES.

>>WE MAKE SURE TO PUT A LOT OF EDUCATION OUT THERE.

AND ED TALKED ABOUT, WE HAVE A DRUNK DRIVING ISSUE IN OUR STATE.

55% OF FATALITIES THAT OCCUR ON OUR SYSTEM ARE BECAUSE OF DRUNK DRIVING.

55.

NATIONAL AVERAGE IS ABOUT 33 TO 37%.

WE'RE WAY ABOVE THAT.

EVERYONE AROUND THE TABLE GREW UP WITH FAMILIES GOING TO THE PARK AT 8:00 A.M.

PLAYING BASEBALL.

DRINKING ALL DAY.

DRIVING HOME AT 11:00, 12:00 AT NIGHT.

CULTURE A LOT OF PEOPLE GREW UP IN.

WE GOT TO BREAK THAT CULTURE NOW.

DISCUSSION ON ONE OR TWO DRINKS AND I'M STILL OKAY GOT TO GO AWAY.

WHEN WE DECIDE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT AND HAVE A COUPLE OF DRINKS, SHOULD BE DECIDING AT THAT POINT THAT I NEED ANOTHER WAY TO GET THERE AND ANOTHER WAY TO GET HOME JUST TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE IF ANYBODY HAD GONE THROUGH THE WET LAB, AT .03 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU'RE AT 1.2.

THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS.

MENTALITY THAT HAPPENS WHEN A PERSON STARTS DRINKING.

OVERALL PERSPECTIVE.

I LOVE THAT PEOPLE CAN ENJOY THEMSELVES.

CAN GO OUT HAVE A COUPLE OF DRINKS.

DON'T WANT THEM ON THE ROADWAY WHEN THEY DO THAT.

LOVE FOR EVERYBODY TO JUST DECIDE RIGHT NOW THAT ALL THE FATALITIES BECAUSE OF DRUNK AND DRUG DRIVING ARE PREVENTABLE.

100%.

STARTS WITH THAT DECISION.

>>Yunji: THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS HERE.

I WANT TO GET MAKE SURE WE INCLUDE OUR NEIGHBOR ISLAND FOLKS HERE.

IF YOU COULD TAKE THAT ONE.

LEO IN PUNA, ANY PATTERN TO THE HIGH NUMBER OF FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS.

BIG ISLAND, RURAL COUNTY SEEMS LIKE A LOT.

>> IT IS A LOT.

START SEEING 110 FATALITIES, WE CAN SEE BIG ISLAND FATALITIES, SEEING THIS YEAR, NOT ALWAYS THE SAME.

THIS YEAR, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS A LOT CROSSOVER CRASHES ON THE HIGHWAYS IN AREAS PEOPLE ARE PASSING NOT IN PASSING ZONES OR ENDING PASSING ZONES.

SO OUR STAFF OUT THERE NOW TRYING TO JUST PASSING IN AREAS TO ENSURE PEOPLE START AND END IN AREAS THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY STILL SEE.

A LOT OF THE FATALITIES THAT OCCURRED ON THE HIGHWAYS THIS YEAR ON THE BIG ISLAND.

PEOPLE ARE CROSSING BACK OVER AROUND THE BEND.

DIFFICULTY.

I DON'T, CANNOT FEEL FOR ME, TAKING THAT RISK TO GET AROUND VEHICLE WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO SEE AROUND IT.

SOME PEOPLE ARE DOING IT.

GOT TO STOP IT.

>>Yunji: I GREW UP ON THE BIG ISLAND.

I THINK A LOT OF IT IS FAMILIARITY.

YOU THINK YOU KNOW THIS ROAD, DONE IT HOWEVER MANY TIMES AND SO THAT THEN DOESN'T FEEL SO DANGEROUS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>>Yunji: QUESTION FOR YOU FROM LE'A IN KAIMUKI.

WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE FOR MOMS, ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY FRUSTRATED WITH SPEEDING OR TRAFFIC LAW VIOLATORS DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

YOU SAID THAT YOU STARTED ORGANIZING WITH A POSTER BOARD, THREE DOLLARS FROM WAL‑MART AND GREW FROM THERE.

TELL US ABOUT THAT.

>> THREE DOLLARS, THAT'S HOW IT GOT STARTED FROM A WAL‑MART FOAM BOARD.

BEST ADVICE THAT GETS YOU GUYS ORGANIZED, TALK TO EACH OTHER.

AND THEN GO TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD.

THIS IS THE FIRST PLACE WHERE YOU KIND OF EXPRESS YOUR CONCERNS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN REACH OUT TO CITY COUNCIL.

SHOULD ALL OF THAT FAIL, REACH OUT TO THE MEDIA.

WRITE A PROPER MEDIA RELEASE.

>> IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH.

TON OF TEMPLATES ONLINE.

THEN JUST STAND OUT THERE WITH A BOARD.

FIRST DAY, NO ONE WILL NOTICE YOU.

GATHER YOUR MOMS, STAND OUT WITH A POSTER.

>>Yunji: WHAT DID YOUR POSTER SAY?

>>SLOW DOWN.

PAINT BACK CROSSWALK.

THAT'S IT.

SO SIMPLE.

AND I THINK LIKE WE ARE SO PRIVILEGED TO LIKE LIVE HERE ON ISLAND, AND IT'S SMALL ENOUGH THAT IT WILL GRAB ATTENTION.

SO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND REALLY FIGHT FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.

NOT AS HARD AS IT SEEMS LIKE.

I CREATED AN INSTAGRAM PAGE FOR THE MOMS.

DIDN'T EVEN HAVE EVER INSTAGRAM BEFORE.

I'M 38 YEARS OLD.

NOW, I CAN WORK IT BUT JUST SIMPLE THINGS.

YOU HAVE A WILL, GET YOUR PEOPLE ORGANIZED, COMMUNICATE, HAVE YOUR POINTS CLEAR EXACTLY WHAT WANT, WHY, AND ASK FOR OUR COMMUNICATION.

ASK FOR PEOPLE TO RESPOND AND ACTION POINT.

>>Yunji: GOT ABOUT FIVE MINUTES LEFT.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET TO EVERYONE.

SENATOR, JUST A FINAL THOUGHT ON THIS SUBJECT.

I THINK SHE'S INSPIRED US ALL TO GRASSROOTS.

SOMEONE LIKE YOU REALLY LISTENS TO A GROUP LIKE THAT.

>> DEFINITELY.

WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER.

THANK YOU KAREN.

AND MANY OF HER WARD VILLAGE MOMS.

I THINK BOTH SIDES, HEARING EVERYBODY HERE, THAT WE CAN HAVE ALL THE LAWS IN THE WORLD, BUT IT'S REALLY UP TO EACH OF US.

SO WHAT WE USED TO LEARN, DRIVE DEFENSIVELY, I ALSO SAY WALK DEFENSIVELY, LOOK RIGHT, LEFT, WHENEVER YOU'RE WALKING ACROSS THE STREET.

ALL TOGETHER CAN BE SAFER AND NOT HAVE THESE KINDS OF TRAGEDIES IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

>>Yunji: FINAL THOUGHT FROM YOU TONIGHT.

>> I AGREE WITH EVERYONE ON THE TABLE THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE LOSING LIVES.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE NEED TO BE REMINDED OF WHEN WE DO MAKE LAWS, IT CANNOT JUST BE A KNEE‑JERK REACTION.

THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY ALL LIVING HERE.

WE NEED TO CONSIDER HOW IS IT WE CAN RAISE EVERYONE UP RATHER THAN JUST PENALIZING EVERYONE.

THAT'S MY FINAL THOUGHT.

>>Yunji: I'M REALLY HEARING FROM YOU THAT THERE IS A CONCERN THAT THE WRONG PEOPLE WILL BEAR THE BRUNT OF THE PENALTY.

>> I BELIEVE SO.

I'VE BEEN A PUBLIC DEFENDER FOR A QUARTER CENTURY.

PRETTY LONG.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALWAYS SEEN WHENEVER THERE IS A CONCERN, IT IS ALWAYS THE POOR WHO BEAR THE BRUNT.

NOT THE REAL PEOPLE, REAL CULPRITS BEAR THE BRUNT.

POOR BEAR THE BRUNT.

CONCERN WE ALWAYS HAVE.

>>Yunji: MR. SNIFFEN, ONE QUESTION, COMMENT THAT I WANT TO READ THAT KIND OF LEAVES YOU.

IMPROVEMENT OF ROADS, INTERSECTIONS, TRAFFIC SIGNIFICANT, MANY FANS AND SIGNS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN SPEED HUMP, RED LIGHT CAMERAS.

ROADS NEED WORK AFTER THIS RAIN.

I DRIVE POORLY DODGING POTHOLES THAT WEREN'T THERE A WEEK AGO.

>> TO ROADS AND ENFORCEMENT.

>> DEFINITELY INFRASTRUCTURE ITSELF, WE HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE PUT IN PLACE SINCE SIXTIES.

>> LOOK AT THE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE DONE SINCE THEN, IT'S BEEN POOR ACTUALLY.

>> SO WE'VE BEEN RECONSTRUCTING EVERYTHING SINCE 2015.

CONSTRUCTING THAT RIGHT WAY.

MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS REBUILT FROM THE BASE ALL THE WAY UP.

THAT TAKES TIME.

TALKS A LOT OF MONEY DOING IT.

ALL STATE SYSTEMS ENSURE LAST UP TO 25 YEARS WITHOUT HAVING POTHOLES.

IT LASTED 25 YEARS, MAKING SURE WE PUSH MORE, GET FUNDS TOWARDS CITY AND COUNTY, MORE ROADS THAN US AND MORE THINGS TO FIX.

WE'RE TRYING TO PLUS UP THE SYSTEM OVERALL AS WE GO FORWARD.

TAKES TIME.

IN THAT INTERIM, DECIDE HOW WE'RE GOING TO DRIVE ON THE SYSTEM WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

>> EASY FOR ALL OF US TO BLAME THE SYSTEM FOR SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENED,, WE ALL GOT TO START TAKING RESPONSIBILITY.

WE TALKED TONIGHT ABOUT RED LIGHT CAMS, SPEED HUMPS PUT IN PLACE, LAWS.

>> RESPONSIBILITY THING, IF WE ALL STARTED TALKING ABOUT RESPONSIBILITY VERSUS LAW THAT WE GOT TO FOLLOW, I THINK WE WOULD BE IN A BETTER PLACE.

IF WE ALL DECIDED WE'RE GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE MINIMIZE THE POTENTIAL FOR ME TO KILL MYSELF OR SOMEBODY ELSE IN THE SYSTEM, I THINK WE'D BE IN A BETTER PLACE.

SOME OF THESE DISCUSSIONS COULD JUST GO AWAY.

>>Yunji: SORT OF BRINGS US TO.

I KNOW YOU WORKED CLOSELY WITH SARAH'S MOTHER AND I THINK WHEN YOU STARTED TALKING TONIGHT, THE FIRST THING YOU SAID WAS I'M DOING THIS BECAUSE I'M A MOM.

BRING US BACK TO THAT WHAT MOTIVATES YOU AND WHAT YOU WOULD TELL TO OTHERS WHO ARE GETTING BEHIND THE WHEEL.

ABOUT PREVENTING DEATH AND WHEN I WORK WITH SARAH'S MOM, SARAH'S MOM SHOCKED ME WAS HER GRIEF, TOTAL PREVENTABLE DEATH.

YEAH, KEEPS ME MOTIVATED.

NOT EASY.

COMMUNITY WORK IS NOT PAID FOR.

ISOLATING.

FIGHTING A INSTITUTION THAT FEELS LIKE IT'S NOT PROGRESSING.

WHAT REALLY KEEPS ME GROUNDED IS THAT NOT ONLY SAVING MYSELF, SAVING MY CHILDREN, AND I COULD SAVE MY FRIEND'S CHILDREN OR FRIEND'S GRANDMA.

AS LONG AS THAT ONE PERSON'S LIFE IS SAVED, I'M GOOD.

I DON'T NEED TO KNOW A NUMBER.

I KNOW I'M GOOD.

SO SPEAK OUT, AND I THINK THIS KIND OF CONVERSATION, WE NEED A CLOSER CONVERSATION WITH GOVERNMENT TO HEALTHIER PART OF PARTICIPATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, BUILDING.

>> THAT'S SO IMPORTANT.

>>Yunji: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

MAHALO TO YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT, AND WE THANK OUR GUESTS, STATE SENATOR SHARON MORIWAKI AND DEPUTY PUBLIC DEFENDER EDWARD AQUINO.

STATE DOT DIRECTOR ED SNIFFEN AND KAREN CHEUNG OF WARD VILLAGE MOMS.

NEXT WEEK ON INSIGHTS, WE’RE GIVING YOU A PREVIEW OF THE AUGUST PRIMARY ELECTION.

BALLOTS WILL BE ARRIVING BY MAIL IN JUST TWO MONTHS.

SO FAR, NO MAJOR CHALLENGERS HAVE EMERGED TO INCUMBENTS IN HIGHER OFFICE BUT THERE ARE INTERESTING RACES SHAPING UP ELSEWHERE.

WE’LL BREAK IT ALL DOWN.

PLEASE JOIN US THEN.

I’M YUNJI DE NIES FOR INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAI`I.

UNTIL NEXT TIME, ALOHA.

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