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<br />,.. iill':". :0 <br /> <br />.__-.~~~ ""'-"'"..-"'-"".....<,.~,.".;:>":~~~.r~_..,....,_.=._."'""'-'.."~."'"-..".~.!1~~ <br /> <br />P. .~ <br /> <br />EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br /> <br />· Too many people die from traffic crashes on Hawaii Island roads. <br /> <br />· Impaired driving from alcohol is responsible for more than half of the traffic <br />deaths on Hawaii Island. <br /> <br />· Impaired driving deaths and injuries are preventable. <br /> <br />il <br />t I <br />l_l <br /> <br />· Reducing impaired driving is a shared responsibility of <br /> <br />Enforcement <br />Police and Courts <br />Engineers <br />Emergency Medical Systems <br />MDs RNs, ER, Pharmacies, and labs <br />Government <br />- County and State <br />Employers <br />Schools <br />Parents, Families, and Friends <br /> <br />] <br /> <br />[ <br />o <br />D <br />o <br />o <br /> <br />Traffic deaths and injuries are a big problem statewide and a particularly big <br />problem on the Big Island. The traffic death rate on the Big Island is three <br />times higher than the City and County of Honolulu and two times higher than <br />Maui and Kauai Counties. <br /> <br /> <br />Because, so many people on the Big Island have been personally touched by <br />traffic deaths or serious injuries of family or friends, it has become a grass <br />roots issue, which has lead to strong island-wide collaboration to: reduce <br />drinking and driving; enforce DUI laws; improve DUI laws; improve roads, <br />bike paths, pedestrian walkways; and improve access to trauma care. There is <br />also growing collaboration at the state level through the Strategic Highway <br />Safety Plan, which has active participation of many Hawaii Island traffic safety <br />partners. Progress is being made. And, there is still a lot more work to be <br />done. This report will review the active collaboration in Hawaii Countyto <br />reduce traffic deaths and injuries as well as the strategies recommended for <br />additional improvement to help make Hawaii Island roads safer for all. <br /> <br />Sharon H. Vitousek, M.D. <br /> <br />1-1 <br />i j <br />l~ <br /> <br />:'1 <br /> <br />~V~~ <br /> <br />Facilitator, Motor Vehicle Crash Reduction Group <br />