Posts tagged speed

• Wayne's Top 10 List for Saturday: Why do they speed?

  Wayne Parsons | April 29, 2012 3:11 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  On the H-1 in Honolulu there is a short stretch of freeway between Punahou and Kahala Mall where cars battle for position and road rage is rampant. The distance of this road rage zone is about 3...

• Benjamin Makekau and Ikaikakane Makekau Victims of Fatal Kalanianaole Crash

  Wayne Parsons | October 19, 2009 5:02 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The car left the road and went airborne and crashed into a tree and the roof of the Oceanic Institute building. The occupants, Benjamin Makekau, 20, and his brother Ikaikakane Makekau (19) were dead...

• Three Young Men Die in Waihee Single Car Car Crash

  Wayne Parsons | October 10, 2009 11:58 AM | 3 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Maui family struggles to cope with the triple loss of two brothers and their cousin accoirding to a report from the Star Bulletin by Wendy Osher on 07 October 2009. The two brothers and their...

• Death and Injury On Interstate Highways Increase With Higher Speed Limits

  Wayne Parsons | August 29, 2009 2:31 AM | 5 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Most of us don't become angry because the driver ahead of us is driving the speed limit. Some do. They are dangerous people. That make high risk choices. They probably drink a lot. Let me indulge...

• Banning Texting, Twitter and Cell Phone Use in Cars Isn't Enough __ Increasing Speed Limits Spikes Automobile Accident Death and Injury Toll According to New Study

  Wayne Parsons | August 04, 2009 3:04 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Ever here the saying that speed kills. Well its true according to a recent study of deaths on U.S. highways. But does this apply in Hawaii? Are Honolulu and Oahu roads in need of new lower speed...

• Hilo Motorcycle Death On Hawaii Belt Road Leads To Negligent Homicide Investigation

  Wayne Parsons | July 18, 2009 3:07 PM | 3 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  In another sad day on Hawaii roads Hilo resident Joseph Flood, Sr., died as he road his Harley Davidson motorcycle north on Hawaii Belt Road (Route 11). The call came into police at 11:55 A.M. on...

• Another Serious Pedestrian Automobile Accident In Laie Leaves 30 Year Old Man in Critical Condition Monday

  Wayne Parsons | July 16, 2009 1:22 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Another pedestrian is in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle in Laie according to news reports. The pedestrian was not in a marked crosswalk when he stepped into the road at about...

• Motorcycle Death In Kona Continues Tragic Year of Injury and Death in Hawaii

  Wayne Parsons | June 05, 2009 12:21 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  According to a story in the Honolulu Star Bulletin a Kona man is dead after crashing his motorcycle Speed and alcohol may have been factors in the crash that killed a 25-year-old Big Island man....

• Oahu Sadly Counts 23rd Traffic Fatality In 2009

  Wayne Parsons | April 25, 2009 5:29 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Sadly Oahu suffered its 23rd traffic fatality this year in a single car crash in Waianae. The city medical examiner has identified the 28-year-old Waianae woman who died Tuesday after the car she...

• Single Car Collision With Utility Pole In Puna Causes Death Of Young Big Island Woman

  Wayne Parsons | April 20, 2009 4:27 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  KGMB TV News reports a traffic death on the Big Island on Sunday. Early Sunday morning shortly before 7 A.M. in Puna a woman was killed at the intersection of 25th Avenue and Paradise Drive. Doreen...