Noncompliance with maximum speed limit under automated speed enforcement system
HRS §291C-108
in effect291C-108. Noncompliance with maximum speed limit under automated speed enforcement system
(a) Whenever a motor vehicle travels through a location actively monitored by an automated speed enforcement system, all registered owners of all motor vehicles in vehicular traffic shall be held strictly liable for their motor vehicle's compliance with the maximum speed limit, to the extent that registered owners may be cited and held accountable for their motor vehicle traveling at a speed not less than five miles per hour over the posted maximum speed limit, via civil traffic infractions pursuant to chapter 291L. The department may increase the minimum speed threshold for issuance of a citation pursuant to administrative rules adopted pursuant to chapter 91.
(b) In the event a registered owner is cited
pursuant to chapter 291L, and the driver of the motor vehicle is cited pursuant
to another section in this part for the same incident, the citation issued
pursuant to chapter 291L shall be dismissed.
(c) If the maximum speed limit is exceeded by
more than ten miles per hour, an additional surcharge of $10 shall be imposed,
and shall be deposited into the neurotrauma special fund.
(d) If the motor vehicle is traveling at a
speed exceeding:
(1) The maximum speed limit by thirty miles per hour
or more; or
(2) Eighty miles per hour or more irrespective of the
maximum speed limit,
the registered owner shall pay a fine of $250.
(e) To the extent a registered owner's motor
vehicle fails to comply with any other law or ordinance related to
traffic-control signals, the registered owner of a motor vehicle shall not be
held strictly liable unless otherwise provided by law.
(f) For purposes of this section,
"maximum speed limit" means the maximum speed limit established by
county ordinance or by official signs placed by the director of transportation
on highways under the director's jurisdiction.
[L 2024, c 112, §3]
Source: Hawaii State Legislature (capitol.hawaii.gov), via Internet Archive capturesURL: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol05_Ch0261-0319/HRS0291C/HRS_0291C-0108.htmFetched: 11/10/2026