OFFICIALS SAY SAFETY IS IN THE
HANDS OF BOTH DRIVERS AND
PEDESTRIANS.
KELLY:
DALLIS ONTIVEROS JOINS US NOW
LIVE WITH TIPS.
GOOD MORNING DALLIS.
DALLIS:
INTERVIEWEE'S FIRST/LAST NAME,
TITLE & CONTACT #:
1.LANCE RAE, WALK WISE HAWAI'I
SUGGESTED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:
SEGMENT 1 PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
MONTH "DRIVE WISE HAWAI'I"
DURING THIS SEGMENT, DALLIS WILL
BE DRIVING A VEHICLE ON KING
STREET AND LANCE WILL BE
OUT TIPS ON WHAT DRIVERS SHOULD
BE DOING TO ANTICIPATE
PEDESTRIAN BEHAVIOR.
Q-TELL US ABOUT PEDESTRIAN
HAWAI'I PROGRAM.
A-HAWAI'I IS THE FIRST STATE IN
THE NATION TO HAVE AN ENTIRE
MONTH DEVOTED TO PEDESTRIAN
SAFETY, HAWAI'I HAS BEEN LEADING
THE NATION IN PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
EDUCATION THROUGH ITS WALK WISE
HAWAI'I PROGRAM AND DRIVER
AWARENESS OF PEDESTRIANS THROUGH
ITS DRIVE WISE HAWAI'I PROGRAM.
OTHER STATES HAVE FOLLOWED SUIT
SUCH AS CALIFORNIA, WHICH
IMPLANTED ITS OWN PEDESTRIAN
SAFETY MONTH
IN 2016 DUE TO THE SUCCESS OF
THE HAWAI'I STATE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION'S
PROGRAMS.
Q-WHY ARE PEDESTRAIN CRASHES ON
A- PEDESTRIAN CRASHES ARE ON THE
RISE, NOT ONLY IN HAWAI'I, BUT
ACROSS THE NATION, WHILE OTHER
ROAD
DEATHS ARE GOING DOWN," HDOT
DIRECTOR JADE BUTAY SAID. "MANY
DRIVERS ARE DISTRACTED WHILE
BEHIND THE WHEEL AND MANY
PEDESTRIANS ARE JUST NOT PAYING
ATTENTION WHILE CROSSING OR
WALKING ALONG
THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. BOTH MUST
CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOR IF WE ARE
FOR ALL.
AN ESTIMATED 6,227 PEDESTRIANS
WERE KILLED IN AUTOMOTIVE
COLLISIONS ACROSS THE U.S. IN
2018,
THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF DEATHS
SINCE 1990. PEDESTRIANS MADE UP
16% OF ALL TRAFFIC FATALITIES
DURING THAT TIME PERIOD WHILE
ALL OTHER ROAD DEATH HAVE
DECLINED 6%. IN ADDITION, DEATHS
FROM HIT
AND RUNS HAVE INCREASED, WITH
MUCH OF THOSE EFFECTED BEING
PEDESTRIANS.
Q- WHAT ARE SOME TIPS FOR
DRIVERS SO THEY CAN BE BETTER
AWARE OF PEDESTRIANS?
A-AS DRIVERS WE MUST REMEMBER
THAT OUR NUMBER ONE JOB WHEN
BEHIND THE WHEEL OF A VEHILCLE
IS TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT
B SAFELY. WE ALL KNOW THAT
OPERATING A HAND-HELD
ELECTRONI DEVICE IS ILLEGAL IN
THE STATE OF HAWAI'I; HOWEVER,
EATING FOOD, LISTENING TO MUSIC,
PUTTING ON MAKE-UP AND OTHER
DISTRACTS ARE NOT.
KELLY:
COMING UP NEXT...DOCTOR BRADY'S
IN STUDIO...TAKING A CLOSER LOOK
AT A MAJOR HEALTH ISSUE.
KELLY:
COMING UP NEXT...DOCTOR BRADY'S
IN STUDIO...TAKING A
PEDESTRIANS UNDERSTAND THAT THEY
NEED TO LOOK LANE BY LANE AND
THE DRIVERS WE NEED TO BE AWARE
OF THE TRAFFIC SITUATION AROUND
US, MAKE SURE DRIVERS AROUND US
KNOW THAT I'M STOPPING FOR A
PEDESTRIAN, ARE YOU?
Reporter: I HAVE ONE
LAST QUESTION BEFORE WE
WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT
HERE.
WHAT ABOUT OUR ROADWAYS?
IT'S ONE THING TO DRIVE
SAFE BUT IF OUR ROADS
AREN'T BUILT SAFE, A
BUNCH OF POT HOLES AND
TRASH AND JUST LEFTOVER
JUNK THAT CAN CAUSE AN
SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT
TOO?
WE COULD.
LET'S NOT BE IN A RUSH
AND FOLLOW THE SPEED
LIMIT.
LET'S PAY ATTENTION.
LIKE I SAID, OUR PRIMARY
FOCUS IS TO GO TO POINT
A TO POINT B AND TO BE
SAFE, NOT TO EAT OR
LISTEN TO MUSIC.
Reporter: HE WILL BE
HERE FOR THE SECOND HOUR
OF "TAKE 2" TALKING
ABOUT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
MONTH FOR THE MONTH OF
AUGUST.
SENDING IT BACK TO KELLY
AND KRISTINE WITH MORE.
GOOD AT LEAST HE