Pedestrian driver duties — Hawaii Permit Test

Slow down and be prepared to stop whenever you see people walking on or crossing the roadway, or children near it.

A child next to the road can dart out after a ball faster than a car at full speed can stop.

Slow down and be prepared to stop whenever you see persons walking on or crossing the roadway and whenever you observe children near the roadway.

Hawaii law requires you to sound your horn, as necessary, to warn any pedestrian on the roadway.

A person walking in the road with their back to you may step into your path if they do not know you are coming.

Sound your horn, as necessary, to give warning to any pedestrian upon a roadway.

Stop for any blind person in the roadway, shown by a white cane or guide dog, whatever the traffic signal shows or the traffic is doing.

A blind person cannot see that your light has turned green and will keep crossing in front of you.

Stop for all blind persons in the roadway (identified by a white cane or guide dog) regardless of the traffic signal indication or traffic situation.

Hawaii law prohibits driving through a pedestrian safety zone.

People wait in a safety zone because they believe cars will not come through it.

Never drive through a pedestrian safety zone.

Hawaii law prohibits passing a vehicle that has stopped to let a pedestrian cross the street.

The stopped car hides the walker, who steps out right in front of the car going around it.

Never pass a vehicle stopped to allow a pedestrian to cross the street.

What should you do whenever you see children near the roadway?

Slow down and be ready to stop. A child next to the road can dart out after a ball faster than a car at full speed can stop. State of Hawaii Driver’s Manual, p.95: “Slow down and be prepared to stop whenever you see persons walking on or crossing the roadway and whenever you observe children near the roadway.”