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| SHSP Emphasis Area #1 Aggressive Driving Emphasis Area #2 Impaired Driving Emphasis Area #3 Occupant Protection Emphasis Area #4 Pedestrian & Bicycle Safety Emphasis Area #5 Motorcycle & Moped Safety Emphasis Area #6 Roadway Design Emphasis Area #7 Data & Management Systems Contact Information Sean Hiraoka Hawaii DOT Traffic Safety Engineering Phone: (808) 692-7684 sean.hiraoka@hawaii.gov |
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| Emphasis Area #3 (Occupant Protection) |
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| Problem: | Only 41.4% of fatal vehicle passengers were wearing seat belts in 2006. |
| Goal: | Persuade every occupant in a vehicle to wear their seat belts and those with small children to use child safety seats. |
| Committee Members: | Chair - Lee Nagano, HDOT Facilitator - John Kaizuka, DOH Hawaii Recorders - Lianne Yamamoto & Cherise Ishida, HDOT Carolyn Fujioka, State Farm Insurance Captain Charles Hirata, MPD Gordon Hong, HDOT Carrie Kuwada-Phipps, DOH Hawaii Susan LaFontaine, Kapiolani Medical Center Marlene Lee, DOH Larry Oshiro, HDOT Lt. Mark Scribner, KPD Marie Weite, First Insurance Neil Yoshioka, Hawaii County Fire Department |
