#mobile electronic device

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.

The Maui Police Department’s Traffic Division issued a total of 195 citations for use of a mobile electronic device while driving during the department’s distracted driving awareness campaign last week.

Maui police are conducting traffic enforcement in school zones across Maui County this week.  The enforcement effort includes the use of the Department’s Solo Bike Detail. 

Maui Police launch C2D, a distracted driving enforcement campaign. In 2016, 3,450 people were killed in crashes involving distracted drivers.

1,211 citations were issued including 554 for distracted driving, during an enforcement campaign targeting violators of the mobile electronic device law.

The campaign is part of the national “U Drive. U Text. U Pay.” enforcement campaign that runs from April 1-30, 2018.

Officers issued a total of 2,351 citations including 615 for seatbelt violations, 28 for child restraint violations, 12 for pick-up truck restrictions and 180..

Maui police will join law enforcement agencies across the nation in cracking down on motorists who text while driving as part of the national “U Drive. U Text. U Pay” campaign.

Here on Maui, police will be participating in the national “U Drive. U Text. U Pay” campaign. Additional enforcement of Hawaiʻi’s Mobile Electronic Device Law is planned starting on April 8th and continuing until April 13th.

The fine for violating the law starts at $257 on Maui, with higher fines of $347 in school or construction zones. During the 2014 fiscal year, the county police departments issued more than 11,000 distracted driving citations statewide.

The Maui Police Department will be stepping up traffic enforcement over the next two weeks during a campaign that will run from Monday, Nov. 17 to Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014, including the Thanksgiving holiday. National statistics show that fatal motor vehicle crashes increase during the holiday week of Thanksgiving.

The fine for using a mobile electronic device while driving increased to $297 this week, officials with the Maui Police Department announced. The fine for using a mobile electronic device within a construction or school zone is now $347, police said.