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SOLUTION <br />Consistant enforcement is one of the strongest deterrents to the aggressive driving and excessive <br />speeding problems on Queen Kaahumanu Highway, Hawaii Belt Road Route 190 and Route 11 in the <br />Kona, South Kohala and Ka'u Police Districts. The Hawaii Police Department will enforce speed, <br />illegal passing, cutting corners, and driving on the shoulders of the roadway laws, and conduct <br />enforcement targeting all other aggressive driving with the use of overtime funds from this grant. <br />Crash and fatal data will be used to identify problem areas. <br />1. Conduct 50 high visibility checkpoints, specifically on Queen Kaahumanu Highway, <br />Hawaii Belt Road, Route 190 and Route 11 in the Kona, South Kohala and Ka'u <br />Districts, enforcing excessive speed and aggressive driving violations. <br />2. Conduct 50. inconspicuous projects using Traffic Enforcement Unit's stealth police <br />vehicles in the above areas in conjunction with marked patrol vehicles, to focus on aggressive <br />driving behaviors and violations. <br />3. Issue 600 or more speeding and aggressive driving related citations with grant <br />funding. <br />4. Issue 600 or more citations for other violations with grant funding. <br />., 5. Conduct a media campaign relative to.aggressive driving and,the:enforcement efforts . '• -~ <br />of the department. <br />EVALUATION <br />The goal of this project is to reduce fatal crashes on Queen Kaahumanu Highway, Hawaii Belt Road <br />Route 190 and Route 11 in the Kona, South Kohala and Ka'u Districts by.10% from 10 in 2007 to 9 in <br />FFY 2009. HPD will also increase the amount of aggressive driving citations in these areas and <br />properly record the number of citations given for future reference. <br />.: ,.., <br />