#Child Seat
New law raises the age for kids to use a child passenger restraint in Hawaiʻi
If the child is seven years of age or older but less than 10 years of age, the person operating the motor vehicle shall be exempt from restraining the child in a child passenger restraint system with harness or booster seat that meets federal motor vehicle safety standards at the time of manufacture if the child is correctly restrained by a lap and shoulder seat belt assembly; provided that the child is over four feet and nine inches in height.
Maui Click it or Ticket campaign nets 633 citations, 11 arrests
The Click It or Ticket, national seat belt awareness campaign netted 270 seatbelt violations and 217 violations for using a mobile electronic device while driving. There were also citations issued for other violations.
Hawai‘i Participates in National Child Passenger Safety Week
The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT), together with all four county police departments and child passenger safety advocates, will participate in National Child Passenger Safety Week, Sept. 15 to 21, 2019.
Child Passenger Safety Week is September 23-29
Every 33 seconds, one child under the age of 13 is involved in a crash, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
‘Click It or Ticket’ Underway May 23-June 5, 2016
The Click It or Ticket campaign runs from May 23 through June 5, 2016. The fine for unrestrained occupants on Maui is $102
8 Out of 10 Child Car Seats Installed Incorrectly, Inspection June 20
A Maui Child Car Seat Inspection and Child ID event takes place this Saturday, June 20, from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Maui Marketplace in Kahului. Coordinator, Charles Hirata tells Maui Now that inspectors will be instructing parents and caregivers on the proper use and installation of child restraints and will be making Child ID cards as well.
MAUI LEADS THE STATE; HAWAII LEADS THE NATION WITH SEAT-BELT USE
Hawai’i’s seat belt usage rate jumped to 97.9 percent during the May 2009 “Click It Or Ticket” campaign, the highest rate any state in the nation has ever achieved. Last year, the seat belt usage rate in Hawai’i was 97.0 percent. Maui County motorists led the state, with 98.4 percent seat belt use, followed by […]
CHILD SAFETY PROTECTS LIFE IN LAHAINA, MAUI
A 5-year-old boy survived a crash in West Maui after a Lahaina officer took steps to properly install his child safety seat. “It’s not often that an officer who’s trained as a Child Passenger Safety Technician is able to see the fruits of his labors,” said Captain Charles Hirata. Officer Stuart Farberow, who is assigned […]
